Structural inhomogeneity and twinning in YBa2 Cu3 O7-δ superconductors: High-resolution transmission electron microscopy measurements

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Johnson, Craig L ^a,b   Bording, Jan K ^a,c   Zhu, Yimei ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b CEMES CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

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EID: 47949100371     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.014517     Document Type: Article

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