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Texture and transport in spray pyrolyzed TlBa2Ca2Cu3O9 thick films

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The electron backscattering pattern technique has been applied to the microstructural investigation of Tl(1223) thick films formed by vapor-phase thallination of Ag-containing Ba–Ca–Cu–oxide precursors. For samples grown on polycrystalline YSZ, considerable biaxial alignment is found in localized, multigrain regions as wide a 100 μm or more. However, on scales above 1 mm the overall texture remains only uniaxial with the c-axes (i.e., [001]) aligned perpendicular to the plane of the substrate. On single-crystal KTaO3 an epitaxial relationship is evident which persists to the surface of a 3 μm thick film. Modest variations in the processing protocol yield films containing grains oriented with the c-axis in the plane, resulting in the degradation of transport properties. The data suggest a growth mode in which sparse nucleation occurs at the substrate followed by rapid lateral crystallization.

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  1. General Electric Research and Development, 12301, Schenectady, New York, USA

    J. E. Tkaczyk, J. A. Sutliff, J. A. DeLuca, P. J. Bednarczyk & C. L. Briant

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 37831, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA

    Z. L. Wang, A. Goyal, D. M. Kroeger, D. H. Lowndes & E. D. Specht

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Tkaczyk, J.E., Sutliff, J.A., DeLuca, J.A. et al. Texture and transport in spray pyrolyzed TlBa2Ca2Cu3O9 thick films. Journal of Materials Research 10, 2203–2210 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.1995.2203

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