Applied Physics Letters · 1988 · 16 citations · 9 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceCeramic MaterialsCondensed Matter PhysicsThin FilmsFerromagnetismMagnetic OxidesMagnetic Thin FilmsSuperconducting MaterialsSuperconducting Thin FilmsThin-film DepositionCuprate SuperconductorsGrain Boundary MorphologyMagnetron SputteringMechanical StabilitySputteringSuperconducting CeramicsThin-film SuperconductorsYttrium Barium Copper Oxide Films
Superconducting Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O films have been fabricated by rf magnetron sputtering using single mixed Bi2O3-SrF2-CaF2-CuO targets. Uniform, reproducible films were formed on SrTiO3 substrates with zero resistance as high as 78 K. Grain morphology and orientation were affected by annealing temperature and the F content of the films. The final films showed excellent environmental and mechanical stability.
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Superconductivity in thin films of the Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O system
J.H. Kang, R. T. Kampwirth, K. E. Gray et al. · Physics Letters A · 1988 · 52 citations