Armchair graphene nanoribbons under shear strain

作者:Qu, Li-Hua; Zhang, Jian-Min*; Xu, Ke-Wei; Ji, Vincent
来源:Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures , 2014, 60: 156-159.
DOI:10.1016/j.physe.2014.02.021

摘要

The symmetry and electronic properties of armchair graphene nanoribbons (AGNRs) have been investigated using density functional theory calculations. For the shear strained AGNRs, the D6h (6/mmm) symmetry of the hexagonal lattice further turns into 2/m. The stability improves with increasing ribbon width under the same shear strain. Besides, the modification of the energy gap under shear strain is weak.