All chemical YBa2Cu307 superconducting multilayers: Critical role of CeO2 cap layer flatness

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1446-1455

  Coll, M ^a   Gazquez J ^a   Huhne R ^b   Holzapfel, B ^b   Morilla, Y ^c   Garcia Lopez J ^c   Pomar, A ^a   Sandiumenge, F ^a   Puig, T ^a   Obradors, X ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE ACELERADORES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCES; ATOMICALLY FLAT SURFACES; CAP LAYERS; CHEMICAL SOLUTION DEPOSITIONS; FLAT AREAS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; REFLECTION HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MULTILAYERS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; TRIFLUOROACETATE; YBCO FILMS;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; GADOLINIUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES; ZIRCONIUM;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 65349088565     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2009.0160     Document Type: Article

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