▎ 摘　　要

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are performed to study the fracture behavior of armchair and zigzag graphene sheets with V-shaped notches subjected to tensile loading. The effects of temperature and notches depth on the fracture characteristics of the graphene sheets are examined. The results show that the cracks propagate from the notch tip along the direction perpendicular to the loading axis for armchair sheets. This is different from the zigzag graphene propagating along the direction of 45 degrees from the loading axis. In addition, the fracture energy of zigzag graphene sheets is larger than armchair one at the same temperature condition.