Traveling Reaction Zone Method for Preparation of Textured Ceramic Superconductor Thick Films |
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| Authors: | Thomas J Richardson Lutgard C De Jonghe |
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| Affiliation: | Materials and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720 |
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| Abstract: | Textured thick films of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7?x (YBCO) have been prepared on ceramic substrates using a traveling reaction zone method. The technique utilizes the rapid reaction between Y2Cu2O5 and BaCuO2 to form YBCO as the film passes through a steep temperature gradient furnance. The films consist of a single continuous superconducting phase with strong c -axis orientation normal to the translation direction of the film. |
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| Keywords: | superconductors texture processing yttrium barium |
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