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Influence of vacancies on the relaxation properties of graphene nanoribbons has been investigated by molecular dynamics simulation in several nanometre sizes. Moreover, three factors including vacancy size, number and distribution are taken into consideration. The results show graphene nanoribbons present different kinds of deformation at different sites with various vacancy distributions. The effects of vacancy distributions on the relaxation properties of graphene nanoribbons are discussed.
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