Communication: Critical behavior in graphene: Spinodal instability at room temperature
At a critical spinodal in-plane stress τ , a planar crystalline graphene layer becomes mechanically unstable. We present a model of the critical behavior of the membrane area near τ and show that it is in complete agreement with path-integral simulations and with recent experiments based on interfer...
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Published in | The Journal of chemical physics Vol. 149; no. 4; p. 041102 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
United States
28.07.2018
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Summary: | At a critical spinodal in-plane stress τ
, a planar crystalline graphene layer becomes mechanically unstable. We present a model of the critical behavior of the membrane area near τ
and show that it is in complete agreement with path-integral simulations and with recent experiments based on interferometric profilometry and Raman spectroscopy. Close to the critical stress, τ
, the in-plane strain behaves as τ
-τ
for τ < τ
. |
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ISSN: | 1089-7690 |
DOI: | 10.1063/1.5045528 |