• 文献标题:   Nanofracture in graphene under complex mechanical stresses
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG B, MEI L, XIAO HF
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Nanjing Univ Aeronaut Astronaut
  • 被引频次:   61
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.4754115
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Nanoscale fracture of graphene under coupled in-plane opening and shear mechanical loading is investigated by extensive molecular dynamics simulations. Under opening-dominant loading, zigzag edge cracks grow self-similarly. Otherwise, complex stresses concentrated around crack-tip can manipulate the direction of crack initiation changing by 30 degrees (or multiples of 30 degrees). Toughness determined by obtained critical stress intensity factors 2.63-3.38 nN angstrom(-3/2) demonstrates that graphene is intrinsically brittle opposite to its exceptional high strength at room temperature. Torn zigzag edges are more energetically and kinetically favorable. Cracking of graphene has dependences on local stresses, edge energy, and dynamic effects, which provides a possible way to regulate graphene edges. (C) 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4754115]