Fracture behaviors of pre-cracked monolayer molybdenum disulfide: A molecular dynamics study.

ABSTRACT: The fracture strength and crack propagation of monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) sheets with various pre-existing cracks are investigated using molecular dynamics simulation (MDS). The uniaxial tensions of pre-cracked monolayer MoS₂ sheets with different crack tips, different locations of crack, different crack lengths and angled cracks are simulated and studied. The results show that the configuration of crack tip can influence significantly the fracture behaviors of monolayer MoS₂ sheets while the location of crack does not influence the fracture strength. With the increase of crack length, the fracture strength of monolayer MoS₂ sheets reduces almost linearly, and the fracture of monolayer MoS₂ sheets is transformed from almost

SUBMITTER: Xiong QL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5082624 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature