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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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Selective protein transport through ultra-thin suspended reduced graphene oxide nanopores.

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Graphene Science Handbook : Mechanical and Chemical Properties

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Interfacial interaction of Ag nanoparticles with graphene oxide supports for improving NH3 and NO adsorption: a first-principles study

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Effect of structural defects and chemical functionalisation on the intrinsic mechanical properties of graphene

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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.

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Experimental observation of the quantum Hall effect and Berry's phase in graphene

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Two-dimensional atomic crystals

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Experimental Observation of Quantum Hall Effect and Berry's Phase in Graphene

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