Zimmermann, J.Van Swygenhoven, H.Van Petegem, S.Borca, C.2012-08-242012-08-242012-08-24201210.1016/j.actamat.2012.02.042https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/85081WOS:000306621300026In situ Laue analysis during microcompression is carried out on Mo-alloy pillars containing defects due to focused ion beam milling or pre-strain. Independently of how the defects are introduced, if the diffraction peaks are streaked prior to deformation, slip starts in the direction matching the observed streaking, even if this corresponds to a low Schmid factor. The amount of pre-strain influences the deformation behaviour in terms of hardening and strain bursts. (C) 2012 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.X-ray diffractionMicrostructureDislocationMicrocompressionThree-dimensional atom probeCompressive BehaviorMicrostructureDeformationMolybdenumStrengthScaletext::journal::journal article::research article