“The Princess and the Pea” at the Nanoscale: Wrinkling and Delamination of Graphene on Nanoparticles

Thin membranes exhibit complex responses to external forces or geometrical constraints. A familiar example is the wrinkling, exhibited by human skin, plant leaves, and fabrics, that results from the relative ease of bending versus stretching. Here, we study the wrinkling of graphene, the thinnest an...

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Main Authors: Mahito Yamamoto, Olivier Pierre-Louis, Jia Huang, Michael S. Fuhrer, Theodore L. Einstein, William G. Cullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2012-12-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.2.041018