Continuum Plate Theory and Atomistic Modeling to Find the Flexural Rigidity of a Graphene Sheet Interacting with a Substrate

Figure 7

Atomistic simulation of the deflection of a 6 nm graphene sheet with 𝑑=0.31 nm. Note that the continuum model tries to match only the deflected part of the sheet, that is, from 𝑥=0 to about 𝑥=5.6 in this example.