Size effect on interlayer shear between graphene sheets
Interlayer shear between graphene sheets plays an important role in graphene-based materials and devices, but the effect of in-plane deformation of graphene, which may depend on the graphene size, has not been fully understood. In this paper, the size effect on interlayer shear behavior between two...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Journal of applied physics 2017-08, Vol.122 (7) |
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Zusammenfassung: | Interlayer shear between graphene sheets plays an important role in graphene-based
materials and devices, but the effect of in-plane deformation of graphene, which may
depend on the graphene size, has not been fully understood. In this paper, the size effect
on interlayer shear behavior between two graphene sheets is studied based on a non-linear
shear-lag model with energy barrier analysis, in which both the lattice registry effect
and the elastic deformation of graphene are taken into account, and molecular dynamics
(MD) simulations are carried out to verify the model. Both theoretical prediction and MD
simulations show that the maximum interlayer shear force of short graphene sheets
increases with the graphene length and width. However, if the sheet length is beyond
20 nm, the maximum shear force cannot be further increased by increasing the graphene
length due to the non-uniform relative displacement between graphene layers, which is
caused by the in-plane deformation of graphene. The upper bound of the maximum shear force
per unit graphene width is obtained analytically as a constant 5.6 N/m, suggesting that a
small force can pull an infinite long graphene belt to slide on a graphene substrate. This
study offers useful information for design and manufacture of graphene-based nano-devices
and materials. |
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ISSN: | 0021-8979 1089-7550 |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.4997607 |