• 文献标题:   Flaw Insensitive Fracture in Nanocrystalline Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG T, LI XY, KADKHODAEI S, GAO HJ
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, grain boundarie, defect, flaw insensitive, fracture
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984
  • 通讯作者地址:   Brown Univ
  • 被引频次:   137
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl301908b
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

We show from a series of molecular dynamics simulations that the tensile fracture behavior of a nanocrystalline graphene (nc-graphene) nanostrip can become insensitive to a preexisting flaw (e.g., a hole or a notch) below a critical length scale in the sense that there exists no stress concentration near the flaw, the ultimate failure does not necessarily initiate at the flaw, and the normalized strength of the strip is independent of the size of the flaw. This study is a first direct atomistic simulation of flaw insensitive fracture in high-strength nanoscale materials and provides significant insights into the deformation and failure mechanisms of nc-graphene.