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Method of making polycrystalline thin film and superconducting oxide body

US5650378A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 3, 1995
Grant dateJul 22, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 3, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S505/732
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a polycrystalline thin film deposit acting as a substrate material composed of grains of a cubic structure in which the intergranular misorientation, defined as the orientation difference between the a-axes (or b-axes) of the neighboring grains, is less than 30 degrees. Such a substrate base is produced by depositing a target material on a base material by sputtering while irradiating the substrate base with ion beams at an oblique angle to the base. The preferred range of the oblique angle is between 40 to 60 degrees. Examples are presented of application of such textured polycrystalline substrate base for the production of superconducting oxide thin layer of outstanding superconducting properties.

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