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Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene

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Cao, Ke, Feng, Shizhe, Han, Ying, Gao, Libo, Hue Ly, Thuc, Xu, Zhiping, Lu, Yang·2020·Nature Communications

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The sp 2 nature of graphene endows the hexagonal lattice with very high theoretical stiffness, strength and resilience, all well-documented. However, the ultimate stretchability of graphene has not yet been demonstrated due to the difficulties in experimental design. Here, directly performing in situ tensile tests in a scanning electron microscope after developing a protocol for sample transfer, shaping and straining, we report the elastic properties and stretchability of free-standing single-crystalline monolayer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition. The measured Young’s modulus is close to 1 TPa, aligning well with the theoretical value, while the representative engineering tensile strength reaches ~50-60 GPa with sample-wide elastic strain up to ~6%. Our findings demonstrate that single-crystalline monolayer graphene can indeed display near ideal mechanical performance, even in a large area with edge defects, as well as resilience and mechanical robustness that allows for flexible electronics and mechatronics applications.

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Authors
Cao, K., Feng, S., Han, Y., Gao, L., Hue Ly, T., Xu, Z., & Lu, Y.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2020-01-15
Volume
11
Issue
1
Pages
284-284
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
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W2999123343
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451
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34
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21.91
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journal article
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en
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Cao, K., Feng, S., Han, Y., Gao, L., Hue Ly, T., Xu, Z., & Lu, Y. (2020). Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-14130-0

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