Theoretical study on the dislocations in the bubble rafts

The core structure of the dislocation in a bubble raft has been evaluated by using the improved P–N equation. The dislocation profile has been obtained explicitly for the bubble radius R=0.296, 0.592, 0.650, 0.888 mm. The results show that the core width of dislocation will increase rapidly when the bubble radius decreases, especially, this trend will become more significant as the radius is more smaller. Our calculated results agree well with the experimental data, and our method can be used to predict the core structure of the dislocation in a bubble raft where bubble-radius is given arbitrarily.