Graphene mechanics: current status and perspectives

C Galiotis, O Frank, EN Koukaras… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The mechanical properties of 2D materials such as monolayer graphene are of extreme
importance for several potential applications. We summarize the experimental and …

Mechanical models and numerical simulations in nanomechanics: A review across the scales

GD Manolis, PS Dineva, T Rangelov, D Sfyris - Engineering Analysis with …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work gives an overview of the theoretical background and of the numerical modelling
framework used to describe the mechanical properties and the response of materials on …

Simulation of mechanical parameters of graphene using the DREIDING force field

SN Korobeynikov, VV Alyokhin, AV Babichev - Acta Mechanica, 2018 - Springer
Molecular mechanics/molecular dynamics (MM/MD) methods are widely used in computer
simulations of deformation (including buckling, vibration, and fracture) of low-dimensional …

On the nanoscale behaviour of single-wall C, BN and SiC nanotubes

A Genoese, A Genoese, G Salerno - Acta Mechanica, 2019 - Springer
The paper presents a numerical study of defect-free single-wall carbon, boron nitride and
silicon carbide armchair and zigzag nanotubes, through a simple stick-and-spring model …

The Gaussian stiffness of graphene deduced from a continuum model based on Molecular Dynamics potentials

C Davini, A Favata, R Paroni - Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2017 - Elsevier
We consider a discrete model of a graphene sheet with atomic interactions governed by a
harmonic approximation of the 2nd-generation Brenner potential that depends on bond …

Buckling analysis of single-layer graphene sheets using molecular mechanics

A Genoese, A Genoese, NL Rizzi, G Salerno - Frontiers in Materials, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The paper presents a nonlinear buckling analysis of single-layer graphene sheets using a
molecular mechanics model which accounts for binary, ternary, and quaternary interactions …

Geometry and self-stress of single-wall carbon nanotubes and graphene via a discrete model based on a 2nd-generation REBO potential

A Favata, A Micheletti, P Podio-Guidugli, NM Pugno - Journal of Elasticity, 2016 - Springer
The main purpose of this paper is to evaluate the self-stress state of single-walled Carbon
NanoTubes (CNTs) and Flat Graphene Strips (FGSs) in their natural equilibrium state, that …

Wulff shape emergence in graphene

E Davoli, P Piovano, U Stefanelli - Mathematical Models and …, 2016 - World Scientific
Graphene samples are identified as minimizers of configurational energies featuring both
two-and three-body atomic-interaction terms. This variational viewpoint allows for a detailed …

Curvature dependent surface energy for free standing monolayer graphene: geometrical and material linearization with closed form solutions

D Sfyris, GI Sfyris, C Galiotis - International Journal of Engineering Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Continuum modeling of a free-standing graphene monolayer, viewed as a two dimensional
2-lattice, requires specifications of the components of the shift vector that act as an auxiliary …

Quasi-static buckling simulation of single-layer graphene sheets by the molecular mechanics method

SN Korobeynikov, VV Alyokhin… - … and Mechanics of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper presents a quasi-static nonlinear buckling analysis of compressed single-layer
graphene sheets (SLGSs) using the molecular mechanics method. Bonded interactions …