Graphene oxide changes when under strain - Materials Today
The same slip-and-stick mechanism that leads to earthquakes is also at work on the molecular level in nanoscale materials, where it determines the shear plasticity of the materials, according to scientists at Rice University and the State University of Campinas, Brazil. The Rice lab of materials scientist Pulickel Ajayan found that random oxygen molecules scattered within layers of otherwise pristine graphene affect how the layers interact with each other under strain.
