Deep learning model to predict fracture mechanisms of graphene
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Lew, Andrew James; Yu, Chi-Hua; Hsu, Yu-Chuan; Buehler, Markus J
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Understanding fracture is critical to the design of resilient nanomaterials. Molecular dynamics offers a way to study fracture at an atomistic level, but is computationally expensive with limitations of scalability. In this work, we build upon machine-learning approaches for predicting nanoscopic fracture mechanisms including crack instabilities and branching as a function of crystal orientation. We focus on a particular technologically relevant material system, graphene, and apply a deep learning method to the study of such nanomaterials and explore the parameter space necessary for calibrating machine-learning predictions to meaningful results. Our results validate the ability of deep learning methods to quantitatively capture graphene fracture behavior, including its fractal dimension as a function of crystal orientation, and provide promise toward the wider application of deep learning to materials design, opening the potential for other 2D materials.
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2021-04Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Computational Science and Engineering; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Materials Science and EngineeringJournal
npj 2D Materials and Applications
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Lew, Andrew J. et al. "Deep learning model to predict fracture mechanisms of graphene." npj 2D Materials and Applications 5, 1 (April 2021): 48. © 2021 The Author(s)
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2397-7132