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Penta-graphene is a new two-dimensional metastable carbon allotrope composed entirely of carbon pentagons with unique electronic and mechanical properties. In this work, molecular dynamics simulations are carried out to investigate the effects of functionalization by hydrogen, epoxide or hydroxyl groups on the mechanical properties and failure mechanism of penta-graphene, as well as the effects of different functionalization coverages. The effects of functionalization on the structural transformation of free-standing penta-graphene triggered by increasing temperature have also been studied. The results indicate that each of the three functional groups considered can effectively tune the mechanical properties and the failure mechanism of penta-graphene. Both the Young's modulus and elastic limit of penta-graphene first decrease sharply and then increase slowly with the increase of the functionalization coverage, while the ultimate elastic strain increases monotonically. Like the pristine penta-graphene, partially functionalized penta-graphene still exhibits a plastic deformation failure behaviour under tensile load, which is caused by the irreversible pentagon-to-polygon structural transformation occurring during tensile loading. Temperature can trigger structural reconstruction for free-standing partially functionalized penta-graphene, and the corresponding critical transition temperature is higher than that of pristine penta-graphene. However, complete functionalization can change the deformation mechanism of penta-graphene from plastic deformation to brittle fracture. For fully functionalized penta-graphene by each of the three functional groups, the structural transformation is not observed when tensile strain is applied or environmental temperature is increased. These findings are expected to provide important guidelines for effectively tuning the mechanical properties of two-dimensional nanomaterials including penta-graphene.
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Keywords:
- penta-graphene /
- mechanical properties /
- functionalization /
- molecular dynamics
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图 1 五边形石墨烯及其官能化几何模型示意图 (a) 五边形石墨烯薄膜的拉伸模型; (b) 完美五边形石墨烯的2×2超晶胞; (c)完全氢化五边形石墨烯的2×2超晶胞; (d)完全环氧基化五边形石墨烯的2×2超晶胞; (e)完全羟基化五边形石墨烯的2×2超晶胞
Figure 1. Schematics of simulation models and atomic structures for pristine and functionalized penta-graphene. Side view and top view of (a) tensile model of pristine penta-graphene sheet, 2×2 supercell of (b) pristine penta-graphene, (c) fully hydrogenated penta-graphene, (d) fully epoxylated penta-graphene, (f) fully hydroxylated graphene.
图 2 部分和完全官能化五边形石墨烯的拉伸应力应变曲线
Figure 2. Stress-strain curves of partially and fully functionalized penta-graphene.
图 3 25%环氧基化五边形石墨烯在不同变形阶段的原子构型图 (a) ε = 0; (b) ε = 0.091; (c) ε = 0.331; (d) ε = 416
Figure 3. Snapshots of the atom configurations of 25% epoxylated penta-graphene at different stain: (a) ε = 0; (b) ε = 0.091; (c) ε = 0.331; (d) ε = 416.
图 4 完全环氧基化五边形石墨烯在不同变形阶段的原子构型图 (a) ε = 0; (b) ε = 0.043; (c) ε = 0.080; (d) ε = 0.083
Figure 4. Snapshots of the atom configurations of fully epoxylated penta-graphene at different stain: (a) ε = 0; (b) ε = 0.043; (c) ε = 0.080; (d) ε = 0.083.
图 5 官能化五边形石墨烯的杨氏模量, 弹性极限和极限弹性应变随官能化率的关系
Figure 5. Young’s modulus, elastic stress and strain of penta-graphene functionalized with different functional groups as a function of functionalization percentage.
图 6 完美的和官能化的五边形石墨烯的势能与温度的关系曲线
Figure 6. Potential energy versus temperature for pristine and functionalized penta-graphene
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