Research Article

Surface Effects on the Properties of Screw Dislocation in Nanofilms

Table 2

The unstable stacking fault energy (in units of mJ/m2), core structure parameter , core width (in units of ), and Peierls stress (in units of ) of the screw dislocations in Al and Cu nanofilms.

NanofilmsAlCu

379.8 0.64 0.6440.172 503.7 0.350 0.351 6.295
356.2 0.69 0.6930.147 498.4 0.357 0.357 6.109
343.7 0.73 0.7210.131 498.1 0.361 0.361 6.033
Bulk 339.4 0.79 0.7920.118 495.7 0.371 0.391 5.850