Structures having enhanced biaxial texture

A biaxially textured laminate article comprising a rolled and annealed biaxially textured metal substrate having a surface, said metal having a face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, or hexagonal close-packed crystalline structure, having an epitaxial layer of a metal or alloy thereof on said surface, said biaxially textured metal substrate being characterized by an x-ray diffraction phi scan peak of no more than 20.degree. FWHM;

• said biaxially textured laminate article further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic layer or an electro-optical layer epitaxially joined to said epitaxial layer.

A biaxially textured laminate article comprising a rolled and annealed biaxially textured metal substrate having a first surface, said metal having a face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, or hexagonal close-packed crystalline structure, said biaxially textured metal substrate being characterized by an x-ray diffraction phi scan peak of no more than 20.degree. FWHM;

• said metal having an epitaxial layer of a first material on said first surface;
• and having an epitaxial layer of a second material on a surface of said first material, said first material being a metal or alloy thereof, said biaxially textured laminate article further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic layer or an electro-optical layer epitaxially joined to said second material epitaxial layer.

A polycrystalline biaxially textured alloy article comprising a biaxially textured metal substrate, said metal having a face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, or hexagonal close-packed crystalline structure, said biaxially textured metal substrate being characterized by an x-ray diffraction phi scan peak of no more than 20.degree. FWHM;

• and a biaxially textured layer of an alloy on a surface thereof, said biaxially textured layer being of a different composition than said substrate, said biaxially textured alloy article further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic layer or an electro-optical layer epitaxially joined to said biaxially textured layer of said alloy.

A polycrystalline biaxially textured laminate article comprising a biaxially textured metal substrate having a surface, said metal having a face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, or hexagonal close-packed crystalline structure, having an epitaxial layer of a metal or alloy thereof on said surface, said biaxially textured metal substrate being characterized by an x-ray diffraction phi scan peak of no more than 20.degree. FWHM;

• said biaxially textured laminate article further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic layer or an electro-optical layer epitaxially joined to said epitaxial metal or alloy layer.

A polycrystalline biaxially textured laminate article comprising a biaxially textured metal substrate having a first surface, said metal having a face-centered cubic, body-centered cubic, or hexagonal close-packed crystalline structure, said biaxially textured metal substrate being characterized by an x-ray diffraction phi scan peak of no more than 20.degree. FWHM;

• said metal having an epitaxial layer of a first material on said first surface;
• and having an epitaxial layer of a second material on a surface of said first material, said first material being a metal or alloy thereof, said biaxially textured laminate article further comprising at least one of an electromagnetic layer or an electro-optical layer epitaxially joined to said second material epitaxial layer.