Unidirectional ripples in strained graphene nanoribbons with clamped edges at zero and finite temperatures

• Main Authors: Baimova, Julia A., Dmitriev, Sergey V., Savin, Alexander V., Zhou, Kun
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Physics::Atomic physics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95476; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9209
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Molecular dynamics simulations based on many-body interatomic potentials are conducted to investigate the formation of unidirectional ripples in zigzag and armchair graphene nanoribbons with clamped edges under in-plane uniform strain. The ripple formation is found to be a result of buckling under i...