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Mechanical Characterization of Graphene

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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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  1. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 5 King’s College Road, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G8, Canada

    Changhong Cao, Tobin Filleter & Yu Sun

  2. College of Mechatronics Engineering and Automation, National University of Defense Technology, 410073, Changsha, China

    Xuezhong Wu & Xiang Xi

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  1. Nanoprobe Laboratory for Bio- & Nanotechnology and Biomimetics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Bharat Bhushan

  2. Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA

    Dan Luo

  3. Division of Restorative, Prosthetic and Primary Care, The Ohio State University, College of Dentistry, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Scott R. Schricker

  4. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

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  5. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

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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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