Nonlinear elastic behavior of graphene: Ab initio calculations to continuum description

作者:Wei Xiaoding; Fragneaud Benjamin; Marianetti Chris A; Kysar Jeffrey W*
来源:Physical Review B, 2009, 80(20): 205407.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.80.205407

摘要

The nonlinear in-plane elastic properties of graphene are calculated using density-functional theory. A thermodynamically rigorous continuum description of the elastic response is formulated by expanding the elastic strain energy density in a Taylor series in strain truncated after the fifth-order term. Upon accounting for the symmetries of graphene, a total of fourteen nonzero independent elastic constants are determined by least-squares fit to the ab initio calculations. The nonlinear continuum description is valid for infinitesimal and finite strains under arbitrary in-plane tensile loading in circumstance for which the bending stiffness can be neglected. The continuum formulation is suitable for incorporation into the finite element method.

  • 出版日期2009-11