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Effective mechanical properties of multilayer nano-heterostructures
Scientific Reports, Volume: 7, Start page: 15818
Swansea University Author: Sondipon Adhikari
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DOI (Published version): 10.1038/s41598-017-15664-3
Abstract
Two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional materials are important nanostructures because of their exciting electronic, optical, thermal, chemical and mechanical properties. However, a single-layer nanomaterial may not possess a particular property adequately, or multiple desired properties simultane...
| Published in: | Scientific Reports |
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| ISSN: | 2045-2322 |
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2017
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa36821 |
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Two-dimensional and quasi-two-dimensional materials are important nanostructures because of their exciting electronic, optical, thermal, chemical and mechanical properties. However, a single-layer nanomaterial may not possess a particular property adequately, or multiple desired properties simultaneously. Recently a new trend has emerged to develop nano-heterostructures by assembling multiple monolayers of different nanostructures to achieve various tunable desired properties simultaneously. For example, transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS2 show promising electronic and piezoelectric properties, but their low mechanical strength is a constraint for practical applications. This barrier can be mitigated by considering graphene-MoS2 heterostructure, as graphene possesses strong mechanical properties. We have developed efficient closed-form expressions for the equivalent elastic properties of such multi-layer hexagonal nano-hetrostructures. Based on these physics-based analytical formulae, mechanical properties are investigated for different heterostructures such as graphene-MoS2, graphene-hBN, graphene-stanene and stanene-MoS2. The proposed formulae will enable efficient characterization of mechanical properties in developing a wide range of application-specific nano-heterostructures. |
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| Keywords: |
Aerospace engineering, Mechanical properties, Two-dimensional materials |
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Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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15818 |