Recent theoretical investigations of the properties of dislocation cores in silicon were reviewed. New results, obtained from numerical simulations for the non-dissociated screw and 60° dislocations, were presented in relation to experiments.

Dislocation Cores in Silicon: New Aspects from Numerical Simulations. L.Pizzagalli, J.Godet, J.Guénolé, S.Brochard: Journal of Physics - Conference Series, 2011, 281[1], 012002