Going further
Books
Many general materials science texts cover introductory material on dislocations. It is worth studying a few books because different authors present the material in different ways, and you may be able to visualise the concepts more easily when presented in a particular way.
Also consider
- Hull and Bacon, Introduction to Dislocations (4th edition), Pergamon, 2001.
A comprehensive text covering material at introductory through to advanced level. - Cahn, The Coming of Materials Science, Pergamon, 2001
A 'history and portrait' of the subject, including the story of the emergence of the dislocation concept.
For the interested student, a library search for books by Cottrell, Read, Nabarro or Friedel will produce some classic texts on dislocations.
CD-ROM and websites
The MATTER Project's 'Materials Science on CD-ROM' includes modules on:
- Introduction to Crystallography (including Miller Indices etc.)
- Introduction to Point Defects
- Dislocations
See the MATTER website for details of availability.
There is also the MATTER website on Transmission Electron Microscopy.
The IAP/TU Wien STM Gallery is a useful introduction to scanning tunnelling microscopy, providing an overview of the instrument and its operation and a gallery of images associated with dislocations.