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Growth of rare-earth niobate-based pyrochlores on textured Ni–W substrates with ionic radii dependency

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2005

M.S. Bhuiyan ,
M. Paranthaman ,
S. Sathyamurthy ,
A. Goyal  and
K. Salama
M.S. Bhuiyan*
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6100; and University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
M. Paranthaman
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6100
S. Sathyamurthy
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6100
A. Goyal
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6100
K. Salama
Affiliation:
University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204
*
a) Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: s9r@ornl.gov
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Abstract

Epitaxial films of rare-earth (RE) niobates, RE3NbO7 with pyrochlore structures, were grown on biaxially textured nickel–3 at.% tungsten (Ni–W) substrates using a chemical solution deposition process. A precursor solution of 0.3–0.50 M concentration of total cations was spin coated on to short samples of Ni–W substrates, and the films were crystallized at 1050–1100 °C in a gas mixture of Ar–4% H2 for 15 min. Detailed studies revealed that RE-niobates with ionic radius ratio RRE/RNb (R = ionic radius) from 1.23 to 1.40 (i.e., Sm, Eu, Gd, Ho, Y, and Yb) grow epitaxially with the pyrochlore structure. X-ray studies showed that the films of pyrochlore RE niobate films were highly textured with cube-on-cube epitaxy. Scanning electron and atomic force microscopy investigations of RE3NbO7 films revealed a fairly dense and smooth microstructure without cracks and porosity. The rare-earth niobate layers may be potentially used as buffer layers for YBa2Cu3O7−δ coated conductors.

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Barrier layerEpitaxySolution deposition
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Research Article
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , April 2005 , pp. 904 - 909
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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