It was recalled that the disclination concept could be used to describe rotational sub-structures which developed during the large-strain deformation of crystalline metals. Transmission electron microscopic investigations, performed here, permitted the disclination configurations to be characterized. Monocrystals of Cu which had been rolled to a more than 50% thickness reduction at room temperature were investigated, and partial disclination dipoles and multipoles were found in nodes of the cell block boundaries.

Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis of Disclination Structures in Plastically Deformed Metals. V.Klemm, P.Klimanek, M.Motylenko: Materials Science and Engineering A, 2002, 324[1-2], 174-8