A theoretical model was suggested which described the generation and evolution of misfit dislocations in composite solids containing nanowires with rectangular cross-section. In the framework of the model, those ranges of the geometric parameters (nanowire sizes, misfit parameter, spacing between the nanowire and the free surface of the composite) were calculated for which the generation of various misfit dislocation configurations (loops, semi-loops and dipoles) was energetically favorable.

Misfit Dislocations in Composites with Nanowires. M.Y.Gutkin, I.A.Ovidko, A.G.Sheĭnerman: Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter, 2003, 15[21], 3539-54