Shear instability of γ-Fe in bulk and in ultrathin films

Daniel Spisak, Juergen Hafner

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Abstract

Shear instability of ?-Fe in bulk and in ultrathin film was studied using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). In the films, the epitaxial constraint limits the shear distortions to narrow domains while shear instability was strongly correlated to the magnetic properties of the films. It is found that along the Bain path describing the transformation of face-centered (fcc) ?-Fe into body-centered-cubic (bcc) ?-Fe, tetragonal Fe is unstable against monoclinic shear deformations producing bcc structure.
Original languageEnglish
Article number056101
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume88
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 1030 Physics, Astronomy

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