| Abstract: | YBa2Cu3O7-δ films were grown by liquid phase epitaxy in Y-ZrO2 crucibles on (110)NdGaO3 substrates. A change in the preferred crystallographic growth direction was observed reproducibly. The growth mode changes from pure c-axis oriented over mixed c/a-axis oriented films to pure a-axis oriented films with increasing undercooling. X-ray diffraction measurements and atomic force microscopy investigations with c-axis oriented as well as a-axis oriented films are presented. It will be shown that atomically smooth steps with 0.2-0.8 μM width can be achieved by LPE, which are free from melt remnants. Furthermore the values for the enthalpy of dissolution from literature, which are varying in a wide range, will be combined and a new value will be calculated in terms of a multi particle model. |
