We have investigated the variation of the annealing treatments on T-c
and the normal state resistivity R(T) of high quality (001) oriental e
pitaxial YBCO films deposited by DC magnetron sputtering. The annealin
g treatments in oxygen can completely restore the films properties sup
pressed by deoxygenation in vacuum at 500-700 degrees C. A dramatic ch
ange is observed in these transport properties without oxygen deficien
cy,which may be explained by the influence of the apical oxygen state.
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