“…Depending on the slip geometry, the mode of loading and the temperature, rather different pattern morphologies (e.g., cell [1], labyrinth [2], vein [3], or wall [4] structures) emerge. There are, however, two important feature common to all these patterns: It is almost always observed that the characteristic wavelength of the patterns is proportional to the dislocation spacing ∝ 1/ √ ρ, where ρ is the total dislocation density, and inversely proportional to the stress at which the patterns have formed.…”