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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 May 1998
A
$\rm (\bar{1}11)NiSi_2 //(1\bar{1}5)Si$ heterotwin interface has been observed by high resolution
electron microscopy (HREM) along the common
direction $\rm [\bar{1}\bar{1}0]NiSi_2 //[\bar{1}\bar{1}0]Si$
to identify the long
period atomic structural units (ASU's). Coexistence of two different structural doMayns has been
found with ASU's corresponding to two different cycles of five-, six-, and
seven-atom rings. A
dislocation/ledge (DL) has been particularly studied because its separates these two unusual cycles of
ASU's. The elastic displacement field u
of the atom columns around the DL has been calculated using
both crystallographic and anisotropic elasticity
properties of the crystals, assuming a two-dimensional
u field. From a comparison between the positions of the atom columns as
derived from elasticity
calculations and as deduced from the HREM image, it is concluded that the DL is a mixed dislocation
with the Burgers vector
$\rm (-1/4)[111]NiSi_2 + (1/2)[1\bar{1}0]Si= (1/12)[515]Si$
,
a result also in
agreement with the imperceptible ledge height associated with the DL core. Such a Burgers vector
underlines the role of the Si matrix dislocations for producing such structural doMayns.
This paper was presented at D.E.S. 97 (Poitiers, France, September, 4 and 5 1997).
* This paper was presented at D.E.S. 97 (Poitiers, France, September, 4 and 5 1997).