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Twins in YBa2Cu3O7-δ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

P. C Gibbons
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
K. F. Kelton
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
Z.-Y. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
L. Mantese
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
L. Sobotka
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130
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Abstract

High-resolution TEM images of well-characterized YBa2Cu3O7-δ prove that atomic disorder in the {110} twin boundaries is confined to within 20 A of the boundaries, and suggest that there is disorder within those regions.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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