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Main Author: J. Jalkanen
Format: Artículo científico
Language:en
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Física 2006
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contents Shape Transition and Dislocation Nucleation in Strained Epitaxial Islands J. Jalkanen O. Trushin E. Granato S.C. Ying T. Ala-Nissila Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Atomistic model Dislocation nucleation Strained epitaxial islands We study numerically the equilibrium shape, shape transition and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxialislands with a two-dimensional atomistic model, using interatomic potentials of Lennard-Jones type. The phasediagram for the equilibrium island shapes as a function of island size and lattice misfit with the substrate isobtained by an energy minimization procedure which does not require predefined faceted shapes. We determinethe energy barrier and transition path for transition between different shapes of the islands and for dislocationnucleation in initially coherent islands using a method introduced recently, based on a systematic search of thetransition paths for activated events. 2006 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46436325 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.2A Vol.36
format Artículo científico
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publishDate 2006
publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Física
spellingShingle Shape Transition and Dislocation Nucleation in Strained Epitaxial Islands
J. Jalkanen
Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Atomistic model
Dislocation nucleation
Strained epitaxial islands
Shape Transition and Dislocation Nucleation in Strained Epitaxial Islands J. Jalkanen O. Trushin E. Granato S.C. Ying T. Ala-Nissila Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas Atomistic model Dislocation nucleation Strained epitaxial islands We study numerically the equilibrium shape, shape transition and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxialislands with a two-dimensional atomistic model, using interatomic potentials of Lennard-Jones type. The phasediagram for the equilibrium island shapes as a function of island size and lattice misfit with the substrate isobtained by an energy minimization procedure which does not require predefined faceted shapes. We determinethe energy barrier and transition path for transition between different shapes of the islands and for dislocationnucleation in initially coherent islands using a method introduced recently, based on a systematic search of thetransition paths for activated events. 2006 artículo científico 0103-9733 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46436325 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=464 Brazilian Journal of Physics application/pdf Sociedade Brasileira de Física Brazilian Journal of Physics (Brasil) Num.2A Vol.36
title Shape Transition and Dislocation Nucleation in Strained Epitaxial Islands
topic Física, Astronomía y Matemáticas
Atomistic model
Dislocation nucleation
Strained epitaxial islands
url https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=46436325