TY - JOUR
T1 - Analysis of twin boundaries using the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique
AU - Koblischka-Veneva, A.
AU - Koblischka, M. R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is supported by DFG project Mu959/19. We further acknowledge collaborations within the European Forum for Processors of Bulk Superconductors (EFFORT), which is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) of the U.K. government.
PY - 2008/6/15
Y1 - 2008/6/15
N2 - The twin structure of various bulk, high-Tc superconductors is analysed using the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. The high image quality of the Kikuchi patterns recorded enables a high spatial resolution of the order of 40 nm to be achieved; thus details of the twin patterns can be measured in straightforward way. As samples, we employed both melt-textured samples and single crystals of NdBa2Cu3Oy (NdBCO) and (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2 Cu3Oy (NEG). Both types of samples show a well-developed twin structure, where several details can be observed using the so-called crystal direction (CD) mappings, which provide orientation maps using colours close to the pole directions. These results are compared to theoretical descriptions found in the literature.
AB - The twin structure of various bulk, high-Tc superconductors is analysed using the electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique. The high image quality of the Kikuchi patterns recorded enables a high spatial resolution of the order of 40 nm to be achieved; thus details of the twin patterns can be measured in straightforward way. As samples, we employed both melt-textured samples and single crystals of NdBa2Cu3Oy (NdBCO) and (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2 Cu3Oy (NEG). Both types of samples show a well-developed twin structure, where several details can be observed using the so-called crystal direction (CD) mappings, which provide orientation maps using colours close to the pole directions. These results are compared to theoretical descriptions found in the literature.
KW - EBSD
KW - Orientation
KW - Twins
KW - YBCO
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mseb.2008.02.009
DO - 10.1016/j.mseb.2008.02.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:47849083492
VL - 151
SP - 60
EP - 64
JO - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
JF - Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
SN - 0921-5107
IS - 1
ER -