title: Dislocation emission at the Silicon/Silicon nitride interface: A million atom molecular dynamics simulation on parallel computers
abstract: Mechanical behavior of the Si(111)/Si(3)N4(0001) interface is studied using million atom molecular dynamics simulations. At a critical value of applied strain parallel to the interface, a crack forms on the silicon nitride surface and moves toward the interface. The crack does not propagate into the silicon substrate; instead, dislocations are emitted when the crack reaches the interface. The dislocation loop propagates in the (1; 1;1) plane of the silicon substrate with a speed of 500 (+/-100) m/s. Time evolution of the dislocation emission and nature of defects is studied.
authors.affiliation: Concurrent Computing Laboratory for Materials Simulations, Department of Physics & Astronomy and Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803-4001, USA.
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bachlechner
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Omeltchenko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kalia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vashishta
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ebbsjo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madhukar