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Wagner, Till J. W.Vella, Dominic
KAUST Grant Number
KUK-C1-013-04Date
2012-06-07Online Publication Date
2012-06-07Print Publication Date
2012-06-04Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/599960
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We study theoretically the deposition of few layer graphene sheets onto a grooved substrate incorporating adhesion between substrate and sheet. We develop a model to understand the equilibrium of the sheet allowing for partial conformation of sheet to substrate. This model gives physical insight into recent observations of snap-through from flat to conforming states and emphasizes the crucial role of substrate shape in determining the nature of this transition. Our analytical results are consistent with numerical simulations using a van der Waals-like interaction. Finally, we propose a substrate shape that should exhibit a continuous, rather than snap-through, transition. © 2012 American Institute of Physics.Citation
Wagner TJW, Vella D (2012) The sensitivity of graphene “snap-through” to substrate geometry. Applied Physics Letters 100: 233111. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4724329.Sponsors
This publication is based on work supported in part by Award No. KUK-C1-013-04, made by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). TJWW is supported by EPSRC.Publisher
AIP PublishingJournal
Applied Physics Lettersae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1063/1.4724329