Nano Letters, volume 20, issue 8, pages 5900-5908

Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations

Firestein Konstantin L ¹

Von Treifeldt Joel E ¹

Kvashnin Dmitry ^{2, 3}

Fernando Joseph F S ¹

Zhang Chao ¹

Kvashnin Alexander G. ⁴

Podryabinkin Evgeny V. ⁴

Shapeev Alexander V. ⁴

Siriwardena Dumindu ¹

Sorokin Pavel B. ^{3, 5}

Golberg Dmitri ^{1, 6}

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Centre for Materials Science and School of Chemistry and Physics, Science and Engineering Faculty, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), 2 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia |

Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Kosygina 4 Street, Moscow 119334, Russian Federation |

National University of Science and Technology “MISiS”, Leninskiy Prospekt 4, Moscow 119049, Russian Federation |

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Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, 30, Building. 1 Bolshoy Boulevard, Moscow 121205, Russian Federation |

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Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), 9 Institutskiy per., Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region 141701, Russian Federation |

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International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Namiki 1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050044, Japan |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2020-07-07

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DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01861

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Two-dimensional transition metal carbides, i.e. MXenes, and especially Ti3C2, attract attention due to their excellent combination of properties. Ti3C2 nanosheets could be the material of choice for future flexible electronics, energy storage and electromechanical nanodevices. There has been limited information available on the mechanical properties of Ti3C2, which is essential for their utilization. We have fabricated Ti3C2 nanosheets and studied their mechanical properties using direct in situ tensile tests inside a transmission electron microscope, quantitative nanomechanical mapping and theoretical calculations employing machine-learning derived potentials. Young's modulus in the direction perpendicular to the Ti3C2 basal plane was found to be 80-100 GPa. The tensile strength of Ti3C2 nanosheets reached up to 670 MPa for ~40 nm thin nanoflakes, while a strong dependence of tensile strength on nanosheet thickness was demonstrated. Theoretical calculations allowed us to study mechanical characteristics of Ti3C2 as a function of nanosheet geometrical parameters and structural defects concentration.

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Firestein K. L. et al. Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations // Nano Letters. 2020. Vol. 20. No. 8. pp. 5900-5908.

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Firestein K. L., Von Treifeldt J. E., Kvashnin D., Fernando J. F. S., Zhang C., Kvashnin A. G., Podryabinkin E. V., Shapeev A. V., Siriwardena D., Sorokin P. B., Golberg D. Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations // Nano Letters. 2020. Vol. 20. No. 8. pp. 5900-5908.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01861

UR - https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.nanolett.0c01861

TI - Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations

T2 - Nano Letters

AU - Firestein, Konstantin L

AU - Von Treifeldt, Joel E

AU - Kvashnin, Dmitry

AU - Fernando, Joseph F S

AU - Zhang, Chao

AU - Sorokin, Pavel B.

AU - Golberg, Dmitri

AU - Kvashnin, Alexander G.

AU - Podryabinkin, Evgeny V.

AU - Shapeev, Alexander V.

AU - Siriwardena, Dumindu

PY - 2020

DA - 2020/07/07 00:00:00

PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)

SP - 5900-5908

IS - 8

VL - 20

SN - 1530-6984

SN - 1530-6992

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@article{2020_Firestein,

author = {Konstantin L Firestein and Joel E Von Treifeldt and Dmitry Kvashnin and Joseph F S Fernando and Chao Zhang and Pavel B. Sorokin and Dmitri Golberg and Alexander G. Kvashnin and Evgeny V. Podryabinkin and Alexander V. Shapeev and Dumindu Siriwardena},

title = {Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations},

journal = {Nano Letters},

year = {2020},

volume = {20},

publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},

month = {jul},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.nanolett.0c01861},

number = {8},

pages = {5900--5908},

doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c01861}

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Firestein, Konstantin L., et al. “Young's Modulus and Tensile Strength of Ti3C2MXene Nanosheets As Revealed by in Situ TEM Probing, AFM Nanomechanical Mapping, and Theoretical Calculations.” Nano Letters, vol. 20, no. 8, Jul. 2020, pp. 5900-5908. https://doi.org/10.1021%2Facs.nanolett.0c01861.

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