Ledge effects on dislocation emission from a crack tip: A first-principles study for silicon

Philosophical Magazine Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Juan, Yu Min ^a   Sun, Yuemin ^a   Kaxiras, Efthimios ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; CALCULATIONS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS); DUCTILITY; INCLUSIONS; STRESSES; SURFACES;

CONTINUUM THEORY; CRACK BLUNTING MECHANISM; CRACK TIP; CRITICAL LOAD; EVANESCENT FORCE LAW; LEDGE SURFACE; PEIERLS STRESS CONCEPT;

SILICON;

EID: 0030135021     PISSN: 09500839     EISSN: 13623036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095008396180704     Document Type: Article

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