Published January 23, 1989
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Journal article
Observation of twin boundary layers in pure and alloyed YBa2Cu3O/sub 7-//sub δ/
- 1. Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973
Description
Using an electron diffraction technique, the thicknesses of the (nonorthorhombic) twin boundary layers were measured for pure and alloyed YBa2(Cu/sub 1-//sub x/M/sub x/)3O/sub 7-//sub δ/. Boundary thickness varied from ∼0.7 nm for M = Ni, x = 0.02, and δ≅0 to ∼2.6 nm for M = Al, x = 0.02, and δ≅0, while it was ∼1.0 nm for a pure YBa2Cu3O7. High-resolution transmission electron imaging of similar specimens supports the existence of such twin boundary layers
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 374-376
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20025490
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALLOYS; ALUMINIUM OXIDES; BARIUM OXIDES; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COPPER OXIDES; CRITICAL CURRENT; IRON OXIDES; LOW TEMPERATURE; NICKEL OXIDES; PEROVSKITE; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; THICKNESS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCO; TWINNING; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE; YTTRIUM OXIDES; ZINC OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CURRENTS; DIMENSIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FILMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LAYERS; MICROSCOPY; MINERALS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC COMPOUNDS