DocumentCode
1240742
Title
Microstructure of Nd-Ga-O3 new seed layer for LPE growth of YBCO film
Author
Kim, SeokBeom ; Yoo, Sang-Im ; Yamada, Yasuji
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
Volume
13
Issue
2
fYear
2003
fDate
6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
2571
Lastpage
2574
Abstract
The microstructure and crystallization mechanism of NdGaO3 (NGO) new seed layer for liquid phase epitaxy (LPE) growth of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) were revealed using high resolution SEM and TEM. NGO layer deposited by PLD at room temperature shows that very porous and columnar structure and this layer indicated amorphous by x-ray analysis. Amorphous NGO layer was crystallized with good in-plane and out of plane orientations keeping columnar structure by simple post annealing process. Biaxially aligned YBCO thick films were successfully fabricated on oriented novel porous NGO new seed layer. Although many cracks were observed for normally LPE grown YBCO films on NGO(110) single crystalline substrate, it was crack-free formed on porous NGO[100] film.
Keywords
barium compounds; crystal microstructure; gallium compounds; high-temperature superconductors; liquid phase epitaxial growth; neodymium compounds; porous materials; pulsed laser deposition; scanning electron microscopy; superconducting epitaxial layers; superconducting tapes; transmission electron microscopy; yttrium compounds; LPE growth; NGO layer; Nd-Ga-O3 seed layer; NdGaO3; PLD; SEM; TEM; YBCO film; YBa2Cu3O7-δ; columnar structure; crystallization mechanism; crystallized; high temperature superconductor; liquid phase epitaxy; microstructure; porous structure; post annealing process; x-ray analysis; Amorphous materials; Annealing; Conducting materials; Crystallization; Materials science and technology; Microstructure; Substrates; Temperature; Thick films; Yttrium barium copper oxide;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1051-8223
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TASC.2003.811851
Filename
1212141
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