Scalable, universal, texture controlled growth of large-scale single-crystal copper foils exhibiting highly ordered, grain-boundary-free lattices

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1104913

"typically uses rolled precursors having structural heterogeneity, impeding control/ scalability... overcome using strain–energy–texture framework involving: tailored cold rolling, controlled low-temperature recrystallization, high-temperature annealing... optimal deformation window (4.5–5.0 true strain) where cube texture fraction exceeds 90%, enabling reliable single-crystal growth... fabricated 33×20cm2 Cu(111) foil, and foils with 6 distinct high-index orientations... for: cast, rolled, electrodeposited, also applies to nickel"