Simulated Nanoscale Peeling Process of Monolayer Graphene Sheet: Effect of Edge Structure and Lifting Position

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</svg> plane. The red-colored graphene sheet and blue-colored graphite surface are shown. The height of the lifting left edge <svg height="7.375" id="M85" style="vertical-align:-0.17555pt" version="1.1" viewbox="0 0 7.9250002 7.375" width="7.9250002" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
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Journal of Nanomaterials

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Figure 8: Simulated Nanoscale Peeling Process of Monolayer Graphene Sheet: Effect of Edge Structure and Lifting Position 