Published February 25, 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Spectroscopic examinations of surface stability of high-temperature superconductors

  • 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Description

The surface stabilities of La/sub 1.85/Sr/sub 0.15/CuO4 and YBa2Cu3O/sub 6.9/ have been studied for samples exposed to ultrahigh vacuum, oxygen, ∼1500 eV electron bombardment, and zero order synchrotron radiation. Oxygen chemisorption saturates by 10 L and induces energy states ∼1.6 eV above E/sub F/. High energy electron bombardment eliminates this structure for La/sub 1.85/Sr/sub 0.15/CuO4 but not for YBa2Cu3O6/sub ./9. The effects of monochromatic photon irradiation for uv or x-ray beams are negligible, but surface modifications are observed when the sample is exposed to the zero-order white beam generated by the Aladdin synchrotron radiation source. The surface modifications are related to BaCO3 residuals, probably in grain boundaries of the polycrystalline samples

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Volume
165
Journal Issue
1
Series
AIP Conf. Proc.
Journal Page Range
368-373
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPC

Conference

Title
Thin film processing and characterization of high temperature superconductors.
Dates
6 Nov 1987.
Place
Anaheim, CA (USA).

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-871178--.