TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of bulk superconductors through EBSD methods
AU - Koblischka, M. R.
AU - Koblischka-Veneva, A.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - The application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique to bulk high-Tc superconductors is presented and reviewed. Due to the ceramic nature and the complex crystallographic unit cells of the perovskite-type high-Tc superconductors, the EBSD analysis is not yet as common as it deserves. We have successfully performed EBSD analysis on a variety of high-Tc compounds and samples including polycrystalline YBCO (pure and doped by alkali metals), melt-textured YBCO, thin and thick films of YBCO; the "green phase" Y2BaCuO5, thin film and melt-textured NdBa2Cu3Ox and Bi-2212 single crystals and tapes. It is shown that the surface preparation of the samples is crucial due to the small information depth (up to 100 nm) of the EBSD technique. High quality Kikuchi patterns are the requirement in order to enable the automated EBSD mapping, which yields phase distributions, individual grain orientations and the misorientation angle distribution. The results can be presented in form of mappings, as charts, and as pole figures. These informations are required for a better understanding of the growth mechanism(s) of bulk high-Tc superconductors intended for applications.
AB - The application of electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) technique to bulk high-Tc superconductors is presented and reviewed. Due to the ceramic nature and the complex crystallographic unit cells of the perovskite-type high-Tc superconductors, the EBSD analysis is not yet as common as it deserves. We have successfully performed EBSD analysis on a variety of high-Tc compounds and samples including polycrystalline YBCO (pure and doped by alkali metals), melt-textured YBCO, thin and thick films of YBCO; the "green phase" Y2BaCuO5, thin film and melt-textured NdBa2Cu3Ox and Bi-2212 single crystals and tapes. It is shown that the surface preparation of the samples is crucial due to the small information depth (up to 100 nm) of the EBSD technique. High quality Kikuchi patterns are the requirement in order to enable the automated EBSD mapping, which yields phase distributions, individual grain orientations and the misorientation angle distribution. The results can be presented in form of mappings, as charts, and as pole figures. These informations are required for a better understanding of the growth mechanism(s) of bulk high-Tc superconductors intended for applications.
KW - Automated mapping
KW - Bulk high- T superconductors
KW - Ceramics
KW - Electron backscatter diffraction
KW - SEM
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U2 - 10.1016/S0921-4534(03)00850-5
DO - 10.1016/S0921-4534(03)00850-5
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0042283735
VL - 392-396
SP - 545
EP - 556
JO - Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
JF - Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
SN - 0921-4534
IS - PART 1
T2 - Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superconduc
Y2 - 11 November 2002 through 13 November 2002
ER -