Publication Date:
2014-05-01
Description:
Article While the intrinsic strength of graphene has previously been demonstrated to be high, the fracture toughness remains unknown. Here, the authors perform in situ testing of graphene in a scanning electron microscope and report a critical stress intensity factor of ~4.0 MPa√m. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4782 Authors: Peng Zhang, Lulu Ma, Feifei Fan, Zhi Zeng, Cheng Peng, Phillip E. Loya, Zheng Liu, Yongji Gong, Jiangnan Zhang, Xingxiang Zhang, Pulickel M. Ajayan, Ting Zhu, Jun Lou
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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