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Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations of Dislocation Etch-Pits
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2011
Abstract
Chemical mechanical polishing and stress corrosion cracking result from chemical attack at stressed regions. To better understand the combined effects of chemical attack and stress, a kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) study of the formation of dislocation etch pits is being pursued. In the simulations, atoms from a diamond cubic lattice are irreversibly removed with a probability which depends on an atom's number of nearrest neighbors as well the local stress developed from its physical location with respect to a dislocation in the lattice. In accordance with experimental observations, both faceted and non-faceted dislocation etch-pits have been observed. Simulations have been performed for various values of the strength to the etchant attack and the magnitude of the stress produced by the dislocation.
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