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Effect of interfacial strain on critical temperature of YBa2Cu3O7-δ thin films

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 76, Issue 23, Pages 3469-3471

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AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.126680

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Ultrathin YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) films down to two unit cells thick have been prepared on LaAlO3 (LAO) and SrTiO3 (STO) substrates for the study of substrate-induced strain effects on critical transition temperature (T-c). The YBCO on LAO has a higher T-c than that on STO for very thin films, and this T-c difference increases with reduction of film thickness. X-ray diffraction experiments reveal that compressive strain exists in the a-b plane for YBCO thin films on LAO, while tensile strain occurs for films on STO. The different stresses in these films account for the T-c difference. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(00)04423-5].

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