[HTML][HTML] Raman spectroscopy of carbon materials and their composites: Graphene, nanotubes and fibres

Z Li, L Deng, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Raman spectroscopy is now an extremely important technique for the analysis of carbon-
based materials. It is demonstrated how it can be used to give a unique insight into …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanical properties of graphene and graphene-based nanocomposites

DG Papageorgiou, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Progress in materials science, 2017 - Elsevier
In this present review, the current status of the intrinsic mechanical properties of the
graphene-family of materials along with the preparation and properties of bulk graphene …

Exceptional piezoelectricity, high thermal conductivity and stiffness and promising photocatalysis in two-dimensional MoSi2N4 family confirmed by first-principles

B Mortazavi, B Javvaji, F Shojaei, T Rabczuk… - Nano Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Chemical vapor deposition has been most recently employed to fabricate centimeter-scale
high-quality single-layer MoSi 2 N 4 (Science; 2020; 369; 670). Motivated by this exciting …

Mechanisms of mechanical reinforcement by graphene and carbon nanotubes in polymer nanocomposites

DG Papageorgiou, Z Li, M Liu, IA Kinloch, RJ Young - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymer nanocomposites reinforced with carbon-based nanofillers are gaining increasing
interest for a number of applications due to their excellent properties. The understanding of …

The mechanics of graphene nanocomposites: A review

RJ Young, IA Kinloch, L Gong, KS Novoselov - Composites Science and …, 2012 - Elsevier
The preparation and characterisation of the different forms of graphene are reviewed first of
all. The different techniques that have been employed to prepare graphene such as …

Strain-tuning of the electronic, optical, and vibrational properties of two-dimensional crystals

E Blundo, E Cappelluti, M Felici, G Pettinari… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The variegated family of two-dimensional (2D) crystals has developed rapidly since the
isolation of its forerunner: Graphene. Their planeconfined nature is typically associated with …

Transfer of CVD-grown monolayer graphene onto arbitrary substrates

JW Suk, A Kitt, CW Magnuson, Y Hao, S Ahmed, J An… - ACS …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Reproducible dry and wet transfer techniques were developed to improve the transfer of
large-area monolayer graphene grown on copper foils by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) …

Optical separation of mechanical strain from charge do** in graphene

JE Lee, G Ahn, J Shim, YS Lee, S Ryu - Nature communications, 2012 - nature.com
Because of its superior stretchability, graphene exhibits rich structural deformation
behaviours and its strain engineering has proven useful in modifying its electronic and …

Measuring interlayer shear stress in bilayer graphene

G Wang, Z Dai, Y Wang, PH Tan, L Liu, Z Xu, Y Wei… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
Monolayer two-dimensional (2D) crystals exhibit a host of intriguing properties, but the most
exciting applications may come from stacking them into multilayer structures. Interlayer and …

Ultrastrong adhesion of graphene membranes

SP Koenig, NG Boddeti, ML Dunn, JS Bunch - Nature nanotechnology, 2011 - nature.com
As mechanical structures enter the nanoscale regime, the influence of van der Waals forces
increases. Graphene is attractive for nanomechanical systems, because its Young's …