Bending crystals: Emergence of fractal dislocation structures

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Yong S ^a   Choi, Woosong ^a   Papanikolaou, Stefanos ^a   Sethna, James P ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING CRYSTALS; CELL SIZE; CONTINUUM MODEL; DEFORMED CRYSTALS; DISLOCATION DENSITIES; DISLOCATION STRUCTURES; FRACTAL MORPHOLOGY; INITIAL CONDITIONS; MESOSCALE; MESOSCALE GAP; MISORIENTATIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEM; SELF-SIMILAR STRUCTURES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRYSTALS; FRACTALS;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

EID: 77956335160     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.105501     Document Type: Article

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