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Highly compliant and stretchable patterned graphene

Shuze Zhu (University of Maryland), Teng Li (University of Maryland)

Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials

Tue 2:40 - 4:00

Salomon 202

Patterned graphene, or graphene nanomesh, has attracted a lot of attention recently as it can open up a band gap in a large sheet of graphene to generate a semiconducting thin film which is of practical importance in the development of novel electronic devices and circuits. However, the mechanical properties of such graphene nanostructures with sub-10-nm features have been barely reported. In this work, by employing a coarse grained simulation scheme capable of managing large length scale, we found that such patterned graphene was able to achieve much higher stretchability and compliance than pristine graphene, offering potential guidance into the design of highly stretchable graphene-based electronic devices and circuits.