Fig. 8: Critical friction stress as a function of temperature for screw and edge dislocations.

a Critical stress as a function of temperature for the screw dislocation in RSS samples obtained from MD simulations (open symbols), fitted with an exponential function (solid line). b Critical stress as a function of temperature for the edge dislocation in RSS samples obtained from MD simulations (open symbols), fitted with a linear function (solid line). c Comparison of critical stresses for screw and edge dislocations as a function of temperature. The critical stresses for edge and screw dislocations in Mo–Nb binary alloys are included for comparison.