Abstract
The emergence of monolayer carbon atom sheets, graphene, as a next generation advanced material, has potential applications in promising fields such as composite materials and energy storage. Graphene has exceptional mechanical properties, the most notable of which are ultrahigh strength and yield strain. Both experimental techniques and simulations have been performed for understanding mechanical properties of graphene such as, strength, yield strain, friction, and fracture behavior. This chapter summarizes the most recent findings on the mechanical characterization of graphene.
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Cao, C., Wu, X., Xi, X., Filleter, T., Sun, Y. (2014). Mechanical Characterization of Graphene. In: Bhushan, B., Luo, D., Schricker, S., Sigmund, W., Zauscher, S. (eds) Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31107-9_35
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