Rolling process for producing biaxially textured substrates

A biaxially textured article comprising a biaxially textured metallic substrate having a microstructure characterized by a {100}<100> crystalline structure orientation which is at an angle of at least 10° relative to an ideal cube texture orientation of {100}<100>, said substrate having thereon at least one epitaxial layer of another material.

A textured article comprising a textured metallic substrate characterized by a rotated cube texture, said substrate being further characterized by a brick-floor microstructure, said substrate having thereon at least one epitaxial layer of another material.

A method of preparing a biaxially textured article comprising the steps of:

• a. rolling a metal preform while applying shear force thereto to form as-rolled biaxially textured substrate having an a rotated cube texture wherein a (100) cube face thereof is parallel to a surface of said substrate, and wherein a [100] direction thereof is at an angle of at least 10° relative to the rolling direction;
• b. depositing onto said surface of said biaxially textured substrate at least one epitaxial layer of another material to form a biaxially textured article.