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Preparation of Substrates for IBAD-MgO Coated Conductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

Vladimir Matias ,
Jens Hänisch ,
E. John Rowley ,
Chris Sheehan ,
Paul G. Clem ,
Noriyuki Kumasaka  and
Ichiro Kodaka
Vladimir Matias
Affiliation:
MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop T004, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Jens Hänisch
Affiliation:
MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop T004, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
E. John Rowley
Affiliation:
MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop T004, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Chris Sheehan
Affiliation:
MPA-STC, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Mail Stop T004, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM, 87545
Paul G. Clem
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, 87185
Noriyuki Kumasaka
Affiliation:
Nihon Micro Coating Co., Tokyo, Japan
Ichiro Kodaka
Affiliation:
Mipox International Corp., 25821 Industrial Blvd., Hayward, CA, 94545
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Abstract

We examine the influence of various substrate preparation procedures for ion-beam assist deposition (IBAD) texturing of MgO. IBAD-MgO nano-texturing is very sensitive to the nucleation surface, and surface roughness has an important influence on the texture of the MgO layer. We studied Hastelloy C-276 metal alloy as the substrate. The untreated substrate is leveled by either electropolishing, mechanical polishing or solution deposition. All three methods are applied to continuously moving tapes in long lengths. The RMS surface roughness decreases from 20-50 nm for the untreated substrate to 0.5 nm, 0.3 nm and 1 nm respectively. The in-plane and out-of plane crystalline alignment of the MgO layer improves as the roughness is decreased below 2 nm.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1001: Symposium M – Progress in High-Temperature Superconductors , 2007 , 1001-M04-02
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2007

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