Direct observation of misfit dislocation glide on surfaces

Authors

J. de la Figuera
Karsten PohlFollow
O. R. de la Fuente
A. K. SchmidFollow
N. C. Bartelt
C. B. Carter, University of New Hampshire
R. Q. Hwang

Abstract

Using scanning tunneling microscopy we have observed thermally induced dislocation glide in monolayer Cu films on Ru(0001) at room temperature. The motion is governed by a Peierls barrier that depends on the detailed structure of the dislocations, in particular upon whether the threading dislocations that terminate them are dissociated or not. Calculations based on the Frenkel-Kontorova model reproduce the threading dislocation structure and provide estimates of the Peierls barrier and dislocation stiffness which are consistent with experiment.

Department

Physics

Publication Date

4-23-2001

Journal Title

Physical Review Letters

Publisher

AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3819

Document Type

Article

Recommended Citation

de la Figuera, J.; Pohl, Karsten; de la Fuente, O. R.; Schmid, A. K.; Bartelt, N. C.; Carter, C. B.; and Hwang, R. Q., "Direct observation of misfit dislocation glide on surfaces" (2001). Physical Review Letters. 134.
https://scholars.unh.edu/physics_facpub/134

Rights

© 2001 The American Physical Society