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Interlayer shear of nanomaterials: Graphene—graphene, boron nitride—boron nitride and graphene—boron nitride

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In this paper, the interlayer sliding between graphene and boron nitride (h-BN) is studied by molecular dynamics simulations. The interlayer shear force between h-BN/h-BN is found to be six times higher than that of graphene/graphene, while the interlayer shear between graphene/h-BN is approximate to that of graphene/graphene. The graphene/h-BN heterostructure shows several anomalous interlayer shear characteristics compared to its bilayer counterparts. For graphene/graphene and h-BN/h-BN, interlayer shears only exit along the sliding direction while interlayer shear for graphene/h-BN is observed along both the translocation and perpendicular directions. Our results provide significant insight into the interlayer shear characteristics of 2D nanomaterials.

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  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Naval Architecture, Ocean and Civil Engineering (State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 200240, Shanghai, China

    Yinfeng Li

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 19104, PA, Philadelphia, USA

    Weiwei Zhang & Bill Guo

  3. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Newark College of Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 07102, NJ, Newark, USA

    Dibakar Datta

  4. Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 210016, Nanjing, China

    Yinfeng Li

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Li, Y., Zhang, W., Guo, B. et al. Interlayer shear of nanomaterials: Graphene—graphene, boron nitride—boron nitride and graphene—boron nitride. Acta Mech. Solida Sin. 30, 234–240 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.camss.2017.05.002

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