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Interfacial Stress Transfer in a Graphene Monolayer Nanocomposite

  1. Lei Gong1,
  2. Ian A. Kinloch1,
  3. Robert J. Young1,*,
  4. Ibtsam Riaz2,
  5. Rashid Jalil2,
  6. Konstantin S. Novoselov2

Article first published online: 14 MAY 2010

DOI: 10.1002/adma.200904264

Issue

Advanced Materials

Advanced Materials

Volume 22, Issue 24, pages 2694–2697, June 25, 2010

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How to Cite

Gong, L., Kinloch, I. A., Young, R. J., Riaz, I., Jalil, R. and Novoselov, K. S. (2010), Interfacial Stress Transfer in a Graphene Monolayer Nanocomposite. Advanced Materials, 22: 2694–2697. doi: 10.1002/adma.200904264

Author Information

  1. 1

    School of Materials, University of Manchester Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK)

  2. 2

    School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL (UK)

*School of Materials, University of Manchester Grosvenor Street, Manchester, M1 7HS (UK).

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 28 JUN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 MAY 2010
  3. Manuscript Received: 13 DEC 2009

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Keywords:

  • Composite Materials;
  • Graphene;
  • Monolayers;
  • Nanostructures

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It is demonstrated from stress-induced Raman bands shiftsthat stress can be transferred from a polymer matrix to a graphene monolayer (see image) in a model nanocomposite. It is shown further that the behavior can be modeled using continuum mechanics and that the interface between the graphene and the polymer breaks down at a shear stress of the order of 2 MPa.

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