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Graphene Is A Potential Candidate Material

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Graphene is a hexagonal two-dimensional (2D) monolayer of honeycomb lattice packed carbon structure that was discovered and successfully isolated from bulk graphite just a few years ago [1]. It is continuously receiving attention from the research community due to its outstanding mechanical, thermal and electrical properties [2]. Due to its fascinating properties, graphene is emerging as a potential candidate material for enormous nano-technological applications such as memory devices [3], nano-sensors [4], nano-actuators [5], field effect transistors (FFT) [3], gigahertz oscillators [6], energy production and storage [7], clean energy devices [3] and room temperature humidity sensing applications [8] etc. In addition to these applications, graphene also attracts prodigious attention as strengthening element in polymer based composites because it was reported to be the strongest material with outstanding elastic properties and high intrinsic strength [9-13]. Apparently, the important of these features depends on the structural perfection of the hexagonal graphene lattice and strong in-plane sp2 bond between carbon atoms. Characterization of the mechanical properties of graphene is essential both from a technological perspective for its reliable applications and from a fundamental interest to understanding its deformation physics [14-16]. In material science, fracture toughness is a property that describes the ability of a material containing a crack to resist fracture, and

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