Dislocations and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Films and Small Structures: Volume 673

The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Oliver Kraft (Edited by), Klaus W. Schwarz (Edited by), Shefford P. Baker (Edited by), L. Ben Freund (Edited by), Robert Hull (Edited by)

9781558996090, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 20 September 2001

248 pages
28 x 19 x 2.1 cm, 0.455 kg

The mechanical properties of small volumes of materials such as thin films and patterned structures can be very different from the mechanical properties of those same materials in bulk. Many explanations of the mechanical behaviors of such small volumes have depended on simplified models of dislocation behavior. However, recent developments in dislocation modeling have made it possible to understand dislocation behavior in much more detail than before. A wide range of topics is presented in these proceedings, including mechanisms of plastic deformation in heteroepitaxial, multilayered and polycrystalline thin films, as well as three-dimensional mesostructures such as epitaxial islands, semiconducting devices and microcrystallites. Experimental, theoretical and numerical simulations are addressed. Topics include: dislocation and deformation mechanisms in thin metal films and multilayers; discrete dislocations - observations and simulations; dislocations and deformation mechanisms in thin films and small structures; dislocations in small structures; dislocations and deformation in epitaxial layers; dislocation fundamentals -observations, calculations and simulations.

Part I. Dislocation and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Metal Films and Multilayers I
Part II. Discrete Dislocations: Observations and Simulations
Part III. Dislocations and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Films and Small Structures
Part IV. Dislocations in Small Structures
Part V. Dislocations and Deformation in Epitaxial Layers
Part VI. Dislocation Fundamentals: Observations, Calculations and Simulations
Part VII. Dislocations and Deformation Mechanisms in Thin Metal Films and Multilayers II
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]