• 文献标题:   Elastic properties and mechanical tension of graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   RAMIREZ R, HERRERO CP
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   CSIC
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.95.045423
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Room-temperature simulations of graphene have been performed as a function of the mechanical tension of the layer. Finite-size effects are accurately reproduced by an acoustic dispersion law for the out-of-plane vibrations that, in the long-wave limit, behaves as rho omega(2) = sigma k(2) + kappa k(4). The fluctuation tension sigma is finite (similar to 0.1 N/m) even when the external mechanical tension vanishes. Transverse vibrations imply a duplicity in the definition of the elastic constants of the layer, as observables related to the real area of the surface may differ from those related to the in-plane projected area. This duplicity explains the variability of experimental data on the Young modulus of graphene based on electron spectroscopy, interferometric profilometry, and indentation experiments.