Mechanical self-assembly of a strain-engineered flexible layer: wrinkling, rolling, and twisting

Z Chen, G Huang, I Trase, X Han, Y Mei - Physical Review Applied, 2016 - APS
Self-shaping of curved structures, especially those involving flexible thin layers, is attracting
increasing attention because of their broad potential applications in, eg …

Strain modulation of graphene by nanoscale substrate curvatures: a molecular view

Y Zhang, M Heiranian, B Janicek, Z Budrikis… - Nano …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Spatially nonuniform strain is important for engineering the pseudomagnetic field and band
structure of graphene. Despite the wide interest in strain engineering, there is still a lack of …

A macro-scale ruck and tuck mechanism for deformation in ion-irradiated polycrystalline graphite

D Liu, D Cherns, S Johns, Y Zhou, J Liu, WY Chen… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
A vein structure, which becomes more pronounced with increasing ion dose, was found on
the surface of polycrystalline HOPG (highly oriented pyrolytic graphite) implanted by ex situ …

Radial buckle delamination around 2D material tents

Z Dai, DA Sanchez, CJ Brennan, N Lu - … of the Mechanics and Physics of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Microscale tents, formed when transferring two-dimensional (2D) materials over
nanoparticles or nanopillars, or when indenting a suspended 2D material drumhead with an …

Mastering the wrinkling of self-supported graphene

B Pacakova, T Verhagen, M Bousa, U Hübner… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We present an approach that allows for the preparation of well-defined large arrays of
graphene wrinkles with predictable geometry. Chemical vapor deposition grown graphene …

Wrinkle development in graphene sheets with patterned nano-protrusions: A molecular dynamics study

J Varillas, O Frank - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
We perform large-scale molecular dynamics simulations to investigate wrinkling phenomena
in uncompressed and pre-compressed graphene sheets with protrusions introduced by a …

Filiform corrosion as a pressure-driven delamination process

F Brau, S Thouvenel-Romans, O Steinbock… - Soft matter, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Filiform corrosion produces long and narrow trails on various coated metals through the
detachment of the coating layer from the substrate. In this work, we present a combined …

Strongly absorbing nanoscale infrared domains within strained bubbles at hBN–graphene Interfaces

T Vincent, M Hamer, I Grigorieva… - … Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Graphene has great potential for use in infrared (IR) nanodevices. At these length scales,
nanoscale features, and their interaction with light, can be expected to play a significant role …

Temperature-dependent adhesion of graphene suspended on a trench

Z Budrikis, S Zapperi - Nano letters, 2016 - ACS Publications
Graphene deposited over a trench has been studied in the context of nanomechanical
resonators, where experiments indicate adhesion of the graphene sheet to the trench …

Reconfigurable multipoint forming using waffle-type elastic cushion and variable loading profile

M Moheen, A Abdel-Wahab, H Hassanin, K Essa - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is an increasing demand for flexible, relatively inexpensive manufacturing techniques
that can accommodate frequent changes to part design and production technologies …