Fiscal Year:
1992
Title:
IN SITU SURFACE ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS/PROCESS CONTROL AT MILLITORR PRESSURE DURING SUPERCONDUCTOR FILM DEPOSITION
Agency:
DOE
Contract:
N/A
Award Amount:
$50,000.00
Abstract:
THE HIGH PRESSURE LIMITS OF A NEW PROPRIETARY TECHNIQUE FOR SURFACE ELEMENTAL AND ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS ARE BEING EXPLORED. THE TECHNIQUE SHOULD BE USEFUL IN THE MILLITORR PRESSURE REGIME, THUS ALLOWING MEASUREMENT OF THIN FILM STOICHIOMETRY DURING GROWTH AND PROCESSING. THE PRESENT RESEARCH IS FOCUSING ON ANALYSIS OF YTTRIUM-BARIUM-COPPER-OXYGEN (YBCO) SUPERCONDUCTOR FILMS SUBJECTED TO HIGH PRESSURES OF OXYGEN. IN PHASE I, THE TECHNIQUE IS BEING CALIBRATED USING STANDARD YBCO SURFACES, ITS HIGH PRESSURE LIMIT IS BEING DETERMINED, AND REAL-TIME MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE/THIN FILM INTERDIFFUSION IS BEING ATTEMPTED.
Principal Investigator:
0
Business Contact:
Small Business Information at Submission:
Ionwerks
2215 Addison Houston, TX 77030
EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS:
N/A
Number of Employees:
N/A
Woman-Owned:
No
Minority-Owned:
No
HUBZone-Owned:
No