Improved structural properties and surface morphology of Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O7-δ Thin films deposited by d.c. magnetron sputtering

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages 1856-1859

  Salluzzo, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FILM GROWTH; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MORPHOLOGY; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; RHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; NONVICINAL SUBSTRATES; SCREW DISLOCATION; SOLID STATE REACTION; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0032684435     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784819     Document Type: Article

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