Nanomechanics of graphene

Y Wei, R Yang - National Science Review, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The super-high strength of single-layer graphene has attracted great interest. In practice,
defects resulting from thermodynamics or introduced by fabrication, naturally or artificially …

Mechanical properties of crumpled graphene under hydrostatic and uniaxial compression

JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev… - Journal of Physics D …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
A molecular dynamics study is undertaken to estimate the mechanical responses of
crumpled graphene subjected to hydrostatic compression and uniaxial compression …

Gaussian deformations in graphene ribbons: Flowers and confinement

R Carrillo-Bastos, D Faria, A Latgé, F Mireles… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The coupling of geometrical and electronic properties is a promising venue to engineer
conduction properties in graphene. Confinement added to strain allows for interplay of …

Mechanical properties and structures of bulk nanomaterials based on carbon nanopolymorphs

JA Baimova, B Liu, SV Dmitriev… - physica status solidi …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Bulk nanomaterials based on sp2 carbon nanopolymorphs are promising candidates for
supercapacitors due to their unique properties such as extremely high specific surface area …

Graphene's morphology and electronic properties from discrete differential geometry

AA Pacheco Sanjuan, Z Wang, HP Imani, M Vanević… - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
The geometry of two-dimensional crystalline membranes dictates their mechanical,
electronic, and chemical properties. The local geometry of a surface is determined from the …

Mechanical properties of bulk carbon nanomaterials

YA Baimova, RT Murzaev, SV Dmitriev - Physics of the Solid State, 2014 - Springer
Bulk carbon nanomaterials, which open prospects for the development of a new generation
of supercapacitors, are actively investigated for recent years, but their mechanical properties …

Effect of Stone-Thrower-Wales defect on structural stability of graphene at zero and finite temperatures

JA Baimova, L Bo, SV Dmitriev, K Zhou… - Europhysics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Classical molecular dynamics with the AIREBO potential is used to investigate the effect of
two types of the Stone-Thrower-Wales (STW) defects in an infinite graphene sheet on …

Fundamentals of fascinating graphene nanosheets: a comprehensive study

SK Sahoo, A Mallik - Nano, 2019 - World Scientific
Graphene nanosheets have attracted immense research interest among the materials
science community from electronics to the biomedical field. Being the first member of two …

Asymptotic freedom at zero temperature in free-standing crystalline membranes

EI Kats, VV Lebedev - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We investigate the effects of quantum (zero-temperature) long-wavelength fluctuations of
free-standing crystalline membranes, which are two-dimensional objects embedded into …

Mechanical basis for thermonastic movements of cold-hardy Rhododendron leaves

H Wang, ET Nilsen, M Upmanyu - Journal of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The profusion of rhododendrons in cold climates is as remarkable as the beauty of their
blooms. The cold-hardiness of some of the montane species is in part due to reversible leaf …