CATION TERMINATION AT ION-POLISHED AND CHEMICALLY ETCHED (001)YBA2CU3O7 CRYSTAL-SURFACES - AN ION CHANNELING STUDY

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FIORY, AT
HEBARD, AF
EICK, RH
SCHNEEMEYER, LF
WASZCZAK, JV
GOSSMANN, HJ
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10.1063/1.104515
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Local cation order approaching ideal bulk termination was found for cleaned (001) surfaces of YBa2Cu3O7 crystals by ion-channeling surface-peak analysis. Surfaces etched in dilute CH3OH:Br2 and ultrasonically agitated in CH3OH to dislodge the Br2 appear terminated preferentially by the Cu-O "double-plane" sequence, containing less than 1/2-cation monolayer of surface disorder. Planar polishing with ion beams incident at a glancing angle on a rotating crystal leaves residual disorder as low as approximately 8 angstrom, damage which is readily removed by a light chemical etch.
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