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Mechanical properties of suspended graphene sheets

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In this article, the Young's modulus of stacks of graphene sheets suspended over photolithographically defined trenches in silicon dioxide was measured using an atomic force microscope, with measured spring constants scaling as expected with the dimensions of the suspended section, ranging from 1to5N∕m.
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Using an atomic force microscope, we measured effective spring constants of stacks of graphene sheets (less than 5) suspended over photolithographically defined trenches in silicon dioxide. Measurements were made on layered graphene sheets of thicknesses between 2 and 8nm, with measured spring constants scaling as expected with the dimensions of the suspended section, ranging from 1to5N∕m. When our data are fitted to a model for doubly clamped beams under tension, we extract a Young’s modulus of 0.5TPa, compared to 1TPa for bulk graphite along the basal plane, and tensions on the order of 10−7N.

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Super-Planckian thermal radiation enabled by coupled quasi-elliptic 2D black phosphorus plasmons

TL;DR: In this article, the dispersion relation of coupled anisotropic BP surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is derived to have a good agreement with the energy transmission contour of evanescent waves, which can be attributed to the excitation of quasi-elliptic BP SPPs enabled by its unique structural anisotropy and doping.
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A continuum model for the static pull-in behavior of graphene nanoribbon electrostatic actuators with interlayer shear and surface energy effects

TL;DR: Based on multi-beam shear model theory, a continuum mechanics model was developed to investigate the pull-in instability of wedged/curved multilayer graphene nanoribbon (MLGNR) cantilever nanobeams subjected to electrostatic and Casimir forces as discussed by the authors.
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Ab initio strain engineering of graphene: opening bandgaps up to 1 eV

TL;DR: In this article, the authors employ electronic structure calculations based on Density Functional Theory (DFT) to strain engineer graphene's bandgap, and find that biaxial strains comprising of tension in the zigzag direction and compression in the armchair direction are particularly effective at tuning graphene's electronic properties, with resulting bandgaps of up to 1 eV.
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Elastic properties of monolayer graphene with different chiralities.

TL;DR: Using molecular mechanics simulations, the in-plane elastic properties of monolayer graphene with different chirality angles under both uniaxial stretching and free-standing indentation are investigated.
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Two-dimensional gas of massless Dirac fermions in graphene

TL;DR: This study reports an experimental study of a condensed-matter system (graphene, a single atomic layer of carbon) in which electron transport is essentially governed by Dirac's (relativistic) equation and reveals a variety of unusual phenomena that are characteristic of two-dimensional Dirac fermions.
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Raman spectrum of graphene and graphene layers.

TL;DR: This work shows that graphene's electronic structure is captured in its Raman spectrum that clearly evolves with the number of layers, and allows unambiguous, high-throughput, nondestructive identification of graphene layers, which is critically lacking in this emerging research area.
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Experimental observation of the quantum Hall effect and Berry's phase in graphene

TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation of magneto-transport in a high-mobility single layer of Graphene is presented, where an unusual half-integer quantum Hall effect for both electron and hole carriers in graphene is observed.
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Two-dimensional atomic crystals

TL;DR: By using micromechanical cleavage, a variety of 2D crystals including single layers of boron nitride, graphite, several dichalcogenides, and complex oxides are prepared and studied.
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Experimental Observation of Quantum Hall Effect and Berry's Phase in Graphene

TL;DR: An experimental investigation of magneto-transport in a high-mobility single layer of graphene observes an unusual half-integer quantum Hall effect for both electron and hole carriers in graphene.
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