Graphene has rapidly become one of the most popular materials for technological applications and a test material for new condensed matter ideas. This paper reviews graphene mechanical properties and their related effects that have recently been discovered experimentally or predicted theoretically or by simulation. Topics discussed are of key importance for graphene's use in integrated electronics, thermal materials and electromechanical devices and include the following: graphene transformation to other sp² hybridization forms; stability to stretching and compression; ion-beam-induced structural modifications; how defects affect the electronic properties; thermal stability (including that of related composites).

PACS: 61.48.−c, 65.80.Ck, 68.65.Pq, 72.80.Vp (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201410c.1045 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/10/c/ 000346960100005 2014PhyU...57..970G Citation: Galashev A E, Rakhmanova O R "Mechanical and thermal stability of graphene and graphene-based materials" Phys. Usp. 57 970–989 (2014) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 20th, December 2013, revised: 5th, February 2014, accepted: 7th, February 2014 Оригинал: Галашев А Е, Рахманова О Р «Устойчивость графена и материалов на его основе при механических и термических воздействиях» УФН 184 1045–1065 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201410c.1045