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Finding mechanism of transitions in complex systems: formation and migration of dislocation kinks in a silicon

Andreas Pedersen1, Laurent Pizzagalli, Hannes Jónsson

  • 1Faculty of Science and Science Institute, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland.

Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter : an Institute of Physics Journal
|August 6, 2011
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