Nanohardness and Young’s modulus of YBCO samples textured by the Bridgman technique

J.J. Roa, X.G. Capdevila, Mònica Martínez, F. Espiell, M. Segarra

Nanotechnology · 2007 · 54 citations · 16 references

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Abstract

Mechanical properties of the orthorhombic phase of YBa2Cu3O7−δ (Y123) at room temperature have been investigated at different applied loads: 5, 10, 30 and 100 mN using a nanoindentation technique. This study was carried out for different monodomains on the (001) plane for textured Bridgman samples with dispersed particles of Y211 as pinning centres. Hardness and Young's modulus values were calculated using the Oliver–Pharr approach.

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