Theoretical Study of Amorphous Graphene

ORAL

Abstract

Amorphous graphene is a two-dimensional sheet of carbon atoms with three fold coordination. The atoms in amorphous graphene mostly form hexagons but there are regions of interconnected 5, 6, 7 and 8 sided objects with carbon atoms at the vertices. Here we use density functional calculations to explore the mechanical and electronic properties of amorphous graphene.

*Research supported by Tuttle’s NSF RUI-DMR 1506403. This research was conducted using Advanced Cyber Infrastructure computational resources provided by The Institute for Cyber Science at The Pennsylvania State University.

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Presenters

  • Victor Barone

    • Penn State Erie

Authors

  • Victor Barone

    • Penn State Erie

  • Blair Tuttle

    • Penn State Erie