Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers
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Resumo: | We have studied numerically the stability and defect nucleation in epitaxial layers on a substrate with lattice mismatch. Stress relaxation and energy barriers for misfit dislocation nucleation are estimated using modern methods for saddle point search based on a combination of activation with local repulsive potential and the Nudged Elastic Band method. Stress relaxation processes correspond to different transition paths from coherent to incoherent states of the epitaxial layer.Using a two-dimensional atomistic model with Lennard-Jones interacting potential, we and different equilibrium critical thickness and activation energy behavior for dislocation nucleation of epitaxial films under tensile and compressive strain. For tensile strain, the energy barrier decreases with thickness while it reaches a constant value for compressive strain. |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layersWe have studied numerically the stability and defect nucleation in epitaxial layers on a substrate with lattice mismatch. Stress relaxation and energy barriers for misfit dislocation nucleation are estimated using modern methods for saddle point search based on a combination of activation with local repulsive potential and the Nudged Elastic Band method. Stress relaxation processes correspond to different transition paths from coherent to incoherent states of the epitaxial layer.Using a two-dimensional atomistic model with Lennard-Jones interacting potential, we and different equilibrium critical thickness and activation energy behavior for dislocation nucleation of epitaxial films under tensile and compressive strain. For tensile strain, the energy barrier decreases with thickness while it reaches a constant value for compressive strain.Sociedade Brasileira de Física2002-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-97332002000200034Brazilian Journal of Physics v.32 n.2a 2002reponame:Brazilian Journal of Physicsinstname:Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF)instacron:SBF10.1590/S0103-97332002000200034info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessTrushin,O.Granato,E.Ying,S.C.Kosterlitz,J.M.Ala-Nissila,T.Salo,P.eng2002-11-26T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0103-97332002000200034Revistahttp://www.sbfisica.org.br/v1/home/index.php/pt/ONGhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpsbfisica@sbfisica.org.br||sbfisica@sbfisica.org.br1678-44480103-9733opendoar:2002-11-26T00:00Brazilian Journal of Physics - Sociedade Brasileira de Física (SBF)false |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers Trushin,O. |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Surface instability and dislocation nucleation in strained epitaxial layers |
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Trushin,O. |
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Trushin,O. Granato,E. Ying,S.C. Kosterlitz,J.M. Ala-Nissila,T. Salo,P. |
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Granato,E. Ying,S.C. Kosterlitz,J.M. Ala-Nissila,T. Salo,P. |
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Trushin,O. Granato,E. Ying,S.C. Kosterlitz,J.M. Ala-Nissila,T. Salo,P. |
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We have studied numerically the stability and defect nucleation in epitaxial layers on a substrate with lattice mismatch. Stress relaxation and energy barriers for misfit dislocation nucleation are estimated using modern methods for saddle point search based on a combination of activation with local repulsive potential and the Nudged Elastic Band method. Stress relaxation processes correspond to different transition paths from coherent to incoherent states of the epitaxial layer.Using a two-dimensional atomistic model with Lennard-Jones interacting potential, we and different equilibrium critical thickness and activation energy behavior for dislocation nucleation of epitaxial films under tensile and compressive strain. For tensile strain, the energy barrier decreases with thickness while it reaches a constant value for compressive strain. |
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