An AFM study of the morphology and local mechanical properties of superconducting YBCO thin films

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 402, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 80-87

  Soifer, Ya M ^a,b   Verdyan, A ^b   Azoulay, J ^b   Kazakevich, M ^c   Rabkin, E ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cracking; Nanoindentation; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BRITTLENESS; CRACK INITIATION; DEFORMATION; ELASTIC MODULI; HARDNESS; INDENTATION; SAPPHIRE; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TENSILE STRESS; THIN FILMS; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

CERAMIC FILMS; NANOINDENTATION;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0346970731     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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