Adhesion toughness of multilayer graphene films

Joseph D. Wood; Christopher M. Harvey; Simon Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02115-w

Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Adhesion toughness of multilayer graphene films

Joseph D. Wood,
Christopher M. Harvey,
Simon Wang

Affiliations

Joseph D. Wood: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University
Christopher M. Harvey: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University
Simon Wang: Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering, Loughborough University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02115-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The reason why the surface adhesion of a graphene monolayer is much greater than that of graphene multilayers remains unclear. Here, the authors build a model to show interlayer sliding and fracture mode mixity cause the decrease in adhesion toughness of multilayer graphene.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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