• 文献标题:   Crumpling deformation regimes of monolayer graphene on substrate: a molecular mechanics study
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALMULLA T, QIN Z, BUEHLER MJ
  • 作者关键词:   crumpling, graphene, transition, compression, nanomechanic, folding, adhesion
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   MIT
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/27/34/345401
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Experiments and simulations demonstrating reversible and repeatable crumpling of graphene warrant a detailed understanding of the underlying mechanisms of graphene crumple formation, especially for design of tailored nanostructures. To systematically study the formation of crumples in graphene, we use a simple molecular dynamics model, and perform a series of simulations to characterize the finite number of deformation regimes of graphene on substrate after compression. We formulate a quantitative measure of predicting these deformations based on observed results of the simulations and distinguish graphene crumpling considered in this study from others. In our study, graphene is placed on a model substrate while controlling and varying the interfacial energy between graphene and substrate and the substrate roughness through a set of particles embedded in the substrate. We find that a critical value of interfacial adhesion energy marks a transition point that separates two deformation regimes of graphene on substrate under uniaxial compression. The interface between graphene and substrate plays a major role in the formation of crumples, and we show that the choice of substrate can help in designing desired topologies in graphene.