Thermodynamic approach to the description of dislocation mobility in quasicrystals

J Phys Condens Matter. 2009 Jul 22;21(29):295401. doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/29/295401. Epub 2009 Jun 29.

Abstract

Dislocation mobility in quasicrystals is calculated using basic thermodynamic and hydrodynamic equations. The dependence of the dislocation mobility on viscosity, vacancies and phasons is given. It is shown that the phasonic defects make the major contribution to the inverse mobility of the free segments of dislocations.