Nanoscale fracture of tetrahedral amorphous carbon by molecular dynamics: Flaw size insensitivity
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Qiang Lu,1 Nigel Marks,2 George C. Schatz,3 and Ted Belytschko1,* 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3111, USA 2School of Physics A28, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia 3Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA Received 18 May 2007; published 25 January 2008
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