# Hollow Dislocation Cores

| Dislocations with hollow cores actually do exist! In GaN and in SiC such defects have been observed.
|  | The last word to hollow dislocation cores or "micropipes" is not yet out.
|  | Some more informations can be found in a module discussing SiC in the Hyperscript "Semiconductors"

With frame

5.2.2 Stress Field of a Straight Dislocation

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