Softened elastic response and unzipping in chemical vapor deposition graphene membranes

Carlos S. Ruiz-Vargas; Houlong L. Zhuang; Pinshane Y. Huang; Arend M. Van Der Zande; Shivank Garg; Paul L. McEuen; David A. Muller; Richard G. Hennig; Jiwoong Park

doi:10.1021/nl200429f

Softened elastic response and unzipping in chemical vapor deposition graphene membranes

Carlos S. Ruiz-Vargas, Houlong L. Zhuang, Pinshane Y. Huang, Arend M. Van Der Zande, Shivank Garg, Paul L. McEuen, David A. Muller, Richard G. Hennig, Jiwoong Park

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Abstract

We use atomic force microscopy to image grain boundaries and ripples in graphene membranes obtained by chemical vapor deposition. Nanoindentation measurements reveal that out-of-plane ripples effectively soften graphene's in-plane stiffness. Furthermore, grain boundaries significantly decrease the breaking strength of these membranes. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal that grain boundaries are especially weakening when subnanometer voids are present in the lattice. Finally, we demonstrate that two graphene membranes brought together form membranes with higher resistance to breaking.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2259-2263
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl200429f
State	Published - Jun 8 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

AFM
CVD
Graphene
grain boundaries
membranes
molecular dynamics simulations

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Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Mechanical Engineering

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