A Molecular Mechanics Study of Morphologic Interaction between Graphene and Si Nanowires on a SiO₂ Substrate

Figure 4

The distribution of Brenner potential energy of the carbon atoms in a graphene nanoribbon intercalated by a Si nanowire (not shown) on a SiO₂ substrate (not shown). The inset shows the C–C bond lengths in 𝑥-direction at three cross-sections marked by the solid lines on graphene, indicating the graphene is under tension near location B. Here 𝑑=4 nm and 𝑊=20 nm.