GROWTH AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF SUPERCONDUCTING YBA2CU3OX SINGLE-CRYSTALS

被引:205
作者
KAISER, DL
HOLTZBERG, F
CHISHOLM, MF
WORTHINGTON, TK
机构
[1] IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, IBM, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
关键词
CERAMIC MATERIALS - CRYSTALS - Microstructure - MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION - Scanning Electron Microscopy - YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;
D O I
10.1016/0022-0248(87)90028-5
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
We have developed a technique for growing free-standing, well-formed YBa//2Cu//3O//x single crystals from melts in the YBa//2Cu//3O//x-BaCuO//2-CuO pseudoternary system. The crystals are rectangular prisms with the smallest dimension parallel to the c-axis of the unit cell. Fine-scale transformation twins are formed during cooling through the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic phase transition. Superconducting transitions of crystals annealed in oxygen (1 atm) at 420 degree C typically occur at 92 K with a width of 0. 2 K.
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页码:593 / 598
页数:6
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