title: Electronic--mechanical coupling in graphene from in situ nanoindentation experiments and multiscale atomistic simulations.
abstract: We present the in situ nanoindentation experiments performed on suspended graphene devices to introduce homogeneous tensile strain, while simultaneously carrying out electrical measurements. We find that the electrical resistance shows only a marginal change even under severe strain, and the electronic transport measurement confirms that there is no band gap opening for graphene under moderate uniform strain, which is consistent with our results from the first-principles informed molecular dynamics simulation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 309-81, Pasadena, California 91125-8100, United States. mingyuan@caltech.edu
authors.forename: Mingyuan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Tod A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Pascal
authors.forename: Hyungjun
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: William A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Goddard
authors.forename: Julia R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Greer