Interfaces in High-Tc Superconducting Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Observations on the Growth of YBa2Cu307-δ Thin Films by Transmission Electron Microscopy

   • M. Grant Norton, C. Barry Carter

   Pages 1-27

3. Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Thin Sputtered Films of YBa2Cu3O7

   • Ian D. Raistrick, Marilyn Hawley

   Pages 28-70

4. Microstructure of Interfaces in YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thin Films

   • A.F Marshall, R. Ramesh

   Pages 71-115

5. Interfacial Interactions Between High-T_c YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Thin Films and Substrates

   • Eva Olsson, Subhash L. Shindé

   Pages 116-139

6. The Twin-Boundary Structure in YBa2Cu3O7-δ Superconductors

   • Yimei Zhu, Masaki Suenaga

   Pages 140-175

7. Grain-Boundary Josephson Junctions in the High-Temperature Superconductors

   • Rudof Gross

   Pages 176-209

8. Overlayer Formation on High-Temperature Superconductors

   • J. H. Weaver

   Pages 210-235

9. Back Matter

   Pages 237-240

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Because the new high-temperature superconductors cannot be grown as large single crystals, interfaces and junctions play an important role in their properties. The chapters in this book, each by leading researchers in the field, examine the state of our understanding of such interfaces.
Chapters cover such topics as studies of YCBO films by transmission-electron, scanning-tunneling, and atomic-force microscopy; microstructure, interfacial interactions, and twin boundary structures in YCBO films; grain-boundary Josephson junctions; and overlayer formation.

• Josephson junction
• Superconductor
• crystal
• electron
• grain
• microscopy
• structure
• temperature
• thin films
• transmission electron microscopy

• IBM Corporation, USA

  Subhash L. Shindé

• Division 814. 03 NIST, USA

  David A. Rudman

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