The effects of Al substitution on the microstructure and properties of laser-ablated epitaxial YBa2Cu3O7-δ films on (001) MgO

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 274, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 117-124

  Yeadon, M ^a,d   Hirst, P J ^a,c   Locherer, K R ^b   Chrosch, J ^b   Abell, J S ^a,b   Aindow, M ^a   Wellhofer, F ^a   Salje, E K H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DRA   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum doping; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Structural phase transition; Thin films; Transmission electron microscopy; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LASER ABLATION; MAGNESIA; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALUMINUM DOPING; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0030836950     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(96)00656-9     Document Type: Article

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