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Thermomechanical Detwinning of Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-x Single Crystals
Published
Author(s)
Debra L. Kaiser, Frank W. Gayle, Robert S. Roth, L Swartzendruber
Abstract
A method for the complete removal of twins from single crystals of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-x is described. The process depends on ferroelastic behavior found to exist in the phase, and should be generally applicable to the layered perovskite-type phases containing accommodation twins resulting from a tetragonal-to-orthorhombic transformation on cooling. The twin-free, superconducting single crystals will enable investigation of a b anisotropy of properties as well as crystal structure determination without complication by the presence of microtwins.
Kaiser, D.
, Gayle, F.
, Roth, R.
and Swartzendruber, L.
(1989),
Thermomechanical Detwinning of Superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-x Single Crystals, International Journal of Materials Research
(Accessed June 2, 2023)