Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Grain boundary in textured YBa2Cu3O7−δ superconductor

  • Articles
  • Published:
Journal of Materials Research Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

The misorientations of over 200 pairs of adjacent grains separated by grain boundaries in textured YBa2Cu3O7−δ were measured using a transmission electron microscopy technique. The results indicate that there exist discrete preferred rotation angles and rotation axes. The existence of low-energy boundaries is inferred. The results are analyzed based on the Constrained Coincidence Site Lattice (CCSL) and O2-lattice theories and imply the applicability of such theories for the case of large-angle grain boundaries in a complex crystal structure such as YBa2Cu3O7−δ. The results of analysis also show that some boundaries are likely to be reduced in oxygen near the boundary to satisfy the constraint of the coincidence site lattice.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. P. Chaudhari, J. Mannhart, D. Dimos, C.C. Tsuei, J. Chi, M.M. Oprysko, and M. Scheuermann, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 1653 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. D. Dimos, P. Chaudhari, J. Mannhart, and F. K. Legoues, Phys. Rev. Lett. 61, 219 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. D. Dimos, P. Chaudhari, and J. Mannhart, Phys. Rev. B41, 4038 (1990).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. D. M. Hwang, T. S. Ravi, R. Ramesh, Siu-Wai Chain, C. Y. Chen, L. Nazar, X. D. Wu, A. Inam, and T. Venkatesan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 1690 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. S. Jin, T. H. Tiefel, R. C. Sherwood, R. B. van Dover, M. E. Davis, G.W. Kammlott, and R.A. Fastnacht, Phys. Rev. B37, 7850 (1988).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. H. Wang, H. Herman, M. Suenaga, H.J. Wiesmann, Y. Zhu, Y. Xu, and R.L. Sabatini, Appl. Phys. Lett. 57, 2495 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. M. Murakami, M. Morita, K. Doi, and K. Miyamoto, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 28, 1189 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. K. Salama, V. Selvamanickam, L. Gao, and K. Sun, Appl. Phys. Lett. 54, 2352 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Z. Yi, S. Ashworth, C. Beduz, and R. G. Scurlock, IEEE Trans. Magn. MAG 27, 1506 (1991).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. J. Orehostsky, H. Wiesmann, A. R. Moodenbaugh, M. Suenaga, H. G. Wang, and H. Herman, IEEE Trans. Magn. MAG 27, 914 (1991).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. S.E. Babcock, X.Y. Cai, D.L. Kaiser, and D.C. Larbalestier, Nature 347, 167 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  12. S.E. Babcock, T.F. Kelly, P.J. Lee, J.M. Seuntjens, L.A. La Vanier, and D.C. Larbalestier, Physica C 152, 25 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  13. S.J. Pennycook and L.A. Boatner, Nature 336, 565 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  14. S. E. Babcock and D. C. Larbalestier, Appl. Phys. Lett. 55, 393 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  15. J. D. Verhoeven, A. J. Bevolo, R. W. McCallum, E. D. Gibson, and M.A. Noack, Appl. Phys. Lett. 55, 745 (1988).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. S. E. Babcock and D. C. Larbalestier, J. Mater. Res. 5, 919 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  17. S-W. Chan, D. M. Hwang, R. Ramesh, S. M. Sampere, L. Nazar, R. Gerhardt, and P. Pruna, in AIP Conf. Proc. No. 200: High Tc Superconducting Thin Films, edited by R. Stockbaur (American Institute of Physics, New York, 1990), p. 172.

  18. M.F. Chisholm and D. A. Smith, Philos. Mag. A 59, 181 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  19. T. S. Ravi, D. M. Hwang, R. Ramesh, Siu Wai Chan, L. Nazar, C. Y. Chen, A. Inam, and T. Venkatesan, Phys. Rev. B42, 10141 (1990).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  20. P.A. Doyle and P.S. Turner, Acta Cryst. A24, 390 (1968).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. C.T. Young, J.H. Steele, and J.L. Lytton, Metall. Trans. 4, 2081 (1973).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  22. F. R. Chen and A. H. King, J. Electron Microsc. Technol. 6, 55 (1987).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  23. W. Bollmann, in “Crystal Lattices, Interfaces and Matrices,” published by author, 1982.

  24. D. A. Smith, M. F. Chisholm, and J. Clabes, Appl. Phys. Lett. 53, 2344 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  25. G. A. Bruggemann, G. H. Bishop, and W.H. Hartt, in The Nature and Behavior of Grain Boundaries, edited by H. Hu (Plenum Press, New York, 1972), p. 83.

  26. A. Singh, N. Chandrasekhar, and A. H. King, Acta Cryst. B46, 117 (1990).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  27. H. Grimmer and D. H. Warrington, Acta Cryst. A 43, 232 (1987).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. D.G. Brandon, Acta Metall. 14, 1479 (1956).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. D. M. Kroeger, A. Choudhury, J. Brynestad, R. K. Williams, R. A. Padgett, and W.A. Coghlan, J. Appl. Phys. 64, 331 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  30. J. D. Verhoeven, A. J. Bevolo, R. W. McCallum, E. D. Gibson, and M.A. Noack, Appl. Phys. Lett. 52, 745 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  31. See, for example, Grain-boundary structure and kinetics (ASM, Metals Park, OH, 1980), Proc. of ASM Materials Science Seminar, 15–16, Sept. 1979, Milwaukee, WI.

  32. K. L. Merkel and D. Wolf, MRS Bulletin, 42 (September 1990).

  33. Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Dissertation, State University of New York–Stony Brook (1990).

Download references

Author information

Author notes

  1. H. Wang

    Present address: Present addres: Sherritt Inc., Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, T8L 2p2, Canada

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973, USA

    Yimei Zhu

  2. Department of Materials Science, State University of New York–Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, 11794, USA

    H. Zhang & H. Wang

  3. Division of Materials Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 11973, USA

    M. Suenaga

Authors
  1. Yimei Zhu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. H. Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. H. Wang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. M. Suenaga
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Zhu, Y., Zhang, H., Wang, H. et al. Grain boundary in textured YBa2Cu3O7−δ superconductor. Journal of Materials Research 6, 2507–2518 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1991.2507

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1991.2507

Search

Navigation