Insights into the fracture mechanisms and strength of amorphous and nanocomposite carbon

Details Insights into the fracture mechanisms and strength of amorphous and nanocomposite carbon Insights into the fracture mechanisms and strength of amorphous and nanocomposite carbon

2006-05-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0605383v1

Phys. Rev. Lett., 96, 185503 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

6 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.185503

Tight-binding molecular dynamics simulations shed light into the fracture mechanisms and the ideal strength of tetrahedral amorphous carbon and of nanocomposite carbon containing diamond crystallites, two of the hardest materials. It is found that fracture in the nanocomposites, under tensile or shear load, occurs inter-grain and so their ideal strength is similar to the pure amorphous phase. The onset of fracture takes place at weakly bonded sp^3 sites in the amorphous matrix. On the other hand, the nanodiamond inclusions significantly enhance the elastic moduli, which approach those of diamond.

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