Mechanical properties and enhancement mechanisms of titanium-graphene nanocomposites

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the titanium-graphene nanocomposites (TiGNCs) under uniaxial tension are carried out to investigate the mechanical properties and reinforcement mechanism of graphene in composites. It is found that introduction of mechanically robust graphene limits the strain-induced dislocation and amorphization and thereby highly improves the mechanical properties of metallic titanium that are greatly affected by the...