This paper reviews the mechanical properties of graphene with particular attention to what is
established and what is still uncertain. It clarifies the thickness and the elastic constants, and …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are used to enhance the electrical conductivity of electronic
materials, due to their outstanding electrical properties. In this article, the general concept of …

This book is written and organized around three topics: electron diffraction, electron optics,
and electron crystallography. It is intended as an advanced undergraduateor graduate-level …

Graphene, like a sheet of paper, folds under mechanical forces. The stability of folded
graphene, however, depends on the folding direction and the resulted graphene stacking …

Strain engineered graphene has been predicted to show many interesting physics and
device applications. Here we study biaxial compressive strain in graphene/hexagonal boron …

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are receiving much attention in the field of composites due to
their extremely high tensile strength of around 100 GPa and Young's modulus of around …

While the mechanical properties of highly aligned carbon nanotube (CNT) thin films and
their nanocomposites have been widely studied, the load transfer mechanisms and failure …

The extreme out-of-plane flexibility makes single-layer graphene vulnerable to self-folding,
driven by van der Waals interactions. Racket shaped bilayer graphene edges form after self …

Smart composites as we now know them are increasingly a key factor in scientific and
technological achievement of materials. Recent advances in design and optimization of …

Individual carbon nanotubes are highly interesting electrical conductors which could well
complete with superconductors. Yet, the possibility of production of top-performance carbon …