Crystallographic orientation of Y2Ba4CuMOx (M=Nb, Zr, Ag) nanoparticles embedded in bulk, melt-textured YBCO studied by EBSD

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2582-2588

  Koblischka Veneva, A ^a   Mucklich F ^a   Koblischka, M R ^a   Hari Babu, N ^b   Cardwell, D A ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATION; ELECTRON BACKSCATTER DIFFRACTION; MATRIX ORIENTATION; PARTICLE ORIENTATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34547657737     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01771.x     Document Type: Article

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