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Interaction Between Dislocations and Misfit Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

A. Kuronen
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering P.O.Box 9400, FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND
K. Kaski
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering P.O.Box 9400, FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND
L. F. Perondi
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering P.O.Box 9400, FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND
J. Rintala
Affiliation:
Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Computational Engineering P.O.Box 9400, FIN-02015 HUT, FINLAND
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Abstract

Mechanisms responsible for the formation of a misfit dislocation in a lattice-mismatched system have been studied using Molecular Dynamics simulations of a two-dimensional Lennard-Jones system. Results show clearly how the strain due to the lattice-mismatched interface acts as a driving force for migration of dislocations in the substrate and the overlayer and nucleation of dislocations in the overlayer edges. Moreover, we observe dislocation reactions in which the gliding planes of dislocations change such that they can migrate to the interface.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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