Open AccessComparative study between the fracture stress of poly‐ and single‐crystalline graphene using a novel nanoelectromechanical system structure
Author(s) -
Ng Jimmy,
Chen Qi,
Xie YaHong,
Wang Albert,
Wu Tianru
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
micro and nano letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.25
H-Index - 31
ISSN - 1750-0443
DOI - 10.1049/mnl.2017.0422
Subject(s) - graphene , materials science , nanoelectromechanical systems , chemical vapor deposition , composite material , ribbon , fracture (geology) , stress (linguistics) , nanotechnology , crystallite , metallurgy , nanoparticle , nanomedicine , linguistics , philosophy
Graphene is a two‐dimensional carbon material with extraordinary mechanical properties. However, recent studies have found that the presence of grain boundaries significantly decreases fracture stress of graphene, warranting further investigation. This work reports the development of a new method to measure the fracture stress of monolayer graphene with a novel nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) structure. Suspended graphene ribbon devices with a range of geometries were electrostatically actuated while the graphene sheet was pinned down with various nail structures. By recording the electromechanical responses at fracture and using finite element simulations, the fracture stress was calculated. Using this novel NEMS structure, the fracture stress of polycrystalline graphene grown using conventional chemical vapour deposition (CVD) and single‐crystalline graphene grown using local feeding CVD were found to be ∼30 and ∼90 GPa, respectively.