STRAINING ENGINEERING OF GRAPHENE AND GRAPHENE-BASED NANOSTRUCTURES

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dc.contributor.advisorLi, Tengen_US
dc.contributor.authorZhu, Shuzeen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMechanical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-22T05:30:34Z
dc.date.available2016-06-22T05:30:34Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractGraphene has emerged as an extraordinary material with its capability to accommodate an array of remarkable electronic, mechanical and chemical properties. Extra-large surface-to-volume ratio renders graphene a highly flexible morphology, giving rise to intriguing observations such as ripples, wrinkles and folds as well as the potential to transform into other novel carbon nanostructures. Ultra-thin, mechanically tough, electrically conductive graphene films promise to enable a wealth of possible applications ranging from hydrogen storage scaffolds, electronic transistors, to bottom-up material designs. Enthusiasm for graphene-based applications aside, there are still significant challenges to their realization, largely due to the difficulty of precisely controlling the graphene properties. Controlling the graphene morphology over large areas is crucial in enabling future graphene-based applications and material design. This dissertation aims to shed lights on potential mechanisms to actively manipulate the graphene morphology and properties and therefore enable the material design principle that delivers desirable mechanical and electronic functionalities of graphene and its derivatives.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M2V48T
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/18107
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineeringen_US
dc.titleSTRAINING ENGINEERING OF GRAPHENE AND GRAPHENE-BASED NANOSTRUCTURESen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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