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Dislocation Theory

Dislocation Theory is a fundamental framework in materials science that explains the plastic deformation of crystalline materials through the motion and interaction of line defects known as dislocations.

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The growth of crystals and the equilibrium structure of their surfaces

W. K. Burton, N. Cabrera, F. C. Frank · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1951 · 5.3K citations

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Indentation size effects in crystalline materials: A law for strain gradient plasticity

William D. Nix, Huajian Gao · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1998 · 4.3K citations · Full text

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Defects in epitaxial multilayers I. Misfit dislocations

Jacqueline M. Matthews · Journal of Crystal Growth · 1974 · 3.1K citations

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Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals

Alan Cottrell, D. L. Dexter · American Journal of Physics · 1954 · 2.7K citations

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Imperfect Oriented Attachment: Dislocation Generation in Defect-Free Nanocrystals

R. Lee Penn, Jillian F. Banfield · Science · 1998 · 2.4K citations

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  1. JP
    J. P. Hirth

    The Ohio State University, United States

    95 publications · 6.8K citations

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  2. VV
    V. Vítek

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    63 publications · 4.8K citations

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  3. JW
    Jian Wang

    University of Nebraska–Lincoln, United States

    62 publications · 4.5K citations

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  4. IJ
    Irene J. Beyerlein

    Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States

    75 publications · 5.9K citations

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  5. DR
    Dierk Raabe

    Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien, Germany

    54 publications · 5.7K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    92 h-index

    1.6K publications

    86.1K citations

  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory

    Los Alamos, United States

    80 h-index

    715 publications

    58.8K citations

  3. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    70 h-index

    311 publications

    33.4K citations

  4. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    64 h-index

    379 publications

    33.2K citations

  5. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    62 h-index

    447 publications

    31.6K citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    61 h-index

    494 publications

    28.9K citations

  7. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

    61 h-index

    372 publications

    27.4K citations

  8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    60 h-index

    351 publications

    27.7K citations

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  1. Acta Materialia

    739 publications · 68.3K citations

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  2. Philosophical magazine

    590 publications · 41K citations

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  3. Journal of Applied Physics

    752 publications · 42.4K citations

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  4. Acta Metallurgica

    431 publications · 30.6K citations

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  5. International Journal of Plasticity

    303 publications · 23.2K citations

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