Interfaces in High-Tc Superconducting Systems

Because the new high-temperature superconductors cannot be grown as large single crystals, interfaces and junctions play an important role in their properties. The chapters in this book, each by leading researchers in the field, examine the state of our understanding of such interfaces.
Chapters cover such topics as studies of YCBO films by transmission-electron, scanning-tunneling, and atomic-force microscopy; microstructure, interfacial interactions, and twin boundary structures in YCBO films; grain-boundary Josephson junctions; and overlayer formation.

Inhalt
1 Observations on the Growth of YBa2Cu3O7-? Thin Films by Transmission Electron Microscopy.- 2 Scanning Tunneling and Atomic Force Microscope Studies of Thin Sputtered Films of YBa2Cu3O7.- 3 Microstructure of Interfaces in YBa2Cu3O7-x Thin Films.- 4 Interfacial Interactions Between High-Tc YBa2Cu3O7-x Thin Films and Substrates.- 5 The Twin-Boundary Structure in YBa2Cu3O7-? Superconductors.- 6 Grain-Boundary Josephson Junctions in the High-Temperature Superconductors.- 7 Overlayer Formation on High-Temperature Superconductors.