高掺杂Sn对Y-Ba-Cu-O体系结构和性质的影响

通过对高掺杂Sn的YBa₂Cu_3-xSn_xO_7-y体系的穆斯堡尔谱测量,确定了掺杂的Sn全部以Sn⁴⁺离子形式存在,多数占据Ba,Y,Cu(2),少量占据Cu(1)位置,Sn含量x不同,其在各个位置上的占有比例也不同,超导电性测量表明,该系列样品T_c大都在77K以上,Cu(2)和Y位上的金属离子被替代对超导温度T_c影响不大,为Cu-O面不是超导的主要原因 关键词：     

非晶态超导体转变温度Tc的经验公式

本文提出一个非晶态非过渡金属超导体的T_c经验公式,T_c=Aλ<ω>^1/2/(<ω>/ω₀+(1+λ)/20),式中A=(1/5)^(K1/2)。计算值和实验值,以及和Garland理论值的比较表明,T_c经验公式能很好地描述非晶态超导体的T_c值。 关键词：     

低通量慢中子辐照对高Tc超导体正常态电阻的影响及其机理探讨

研究了低通量(～10⁸n/cm²)慢中子对Y系、Bi系及其掺杂高T_c超导体(HTSC)正常态电阻的影响及其机理。实验结果表明,HTSC在低通量慢中子辐照后,正常态电阻R不仅不遵从随辐照通量φ_n按指数增加的规律,而且还会较大幅度地减小。 关键词：     

Y1-xCaxBa2Cu3-xMxO7-δ (M=Fe,Ni)体系的超导电性

本文报道,通过对Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xMxO_7-δ(M=Fe,Ni)体系样品的晶体结构、氧含量、正常态电阻率与温度的关系,以及超导转变温度等测量,并与YBa₂Cu_3-xMxO_7-δ(M=Fe,Ni)体系进行比较,发现Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xFe_xO_7-δ体系的T_c显著地高于相应x值的YBa₂Cu_3-xFe_xO_7-δ体系,而Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xNi_xO_7-δ体系则相反,T_c低于仅Ni替代的体系,表明Ca和Fe同时替代时两者引起的载流子浓度(n_H)变化相互补偿,抑制了仅Fe替代时引起的n_H和T_c急剧下降;而作Ca和Ni同时替代时主要的不是两者引起载流子浓度变化的相互补偿,Ca和Ni替代效应之间的关联较弱。作者认为,对Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xFe_xO_7-δ体系属于CuO₂平面外的元素替代,这时载流子浓度是决定Tc的主要因素;而对Y_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu_3-xNi_xO_7-δ体系,由于Ni²⁺离子主要占据Cu(Ⅱ)位,它导致磁拆对效应,Ni²⁺离子的拆对效应是引起T_c下降的直接原因。 关键词：     

掺Ca-(RPr)-123系列超导体的高压合成

利用高温高压方法成功地合成出(R_0.4Pr_0.6)_0.5Ca_0.5Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ(其中R=La,Pr,Nd,Sm,Eu,Gd,Y)单相123相超导体.其结果表明,在Pr系的R-123相化合物中掺Ca都能够获得高T_c的超导体,其超导转变温度都在100K左右. 关键词： 超导体 Pr-123相化合物 高压合成 稀土     

Bi系超导体高Tc相的形成机制

本文研究Bi系超导体高T_c(2223)相的形成机制。提出Bi系氧化物超导体高T_c相的形成过程是:首先Sr-Ca-Cu氧化物(Ca_0.85Sr_0.15CuO₂)与低T_c(2212)相反应形成高T_c相的核,然后样品内2223相核通过象结晶学中晶体生长那样的方式长大成2223相晶粒。2223相成核过程中Sr-Ca-Cu氧化物的形成途径有两条:一条是通过固相反应 关键词：     

分子双轴性与向列型液晶在各向同性相的最低过冷温度

在分子场近似下,研究分子双轴性对向列型液晶在各向同性相最低过冷温度T^*的影响.理论结果表明,通过考虑分子双轴性,各向同性相最低过冷温度T^*与向列相—各向同性相相变温度T_c的比值向实验值靠近.当分子双轴性参数δ取到0.3时,T^*/T_c达到0.9817,已很接近0.99的实验值. 关键词：     

新块材超导体Pr1-xCaxBa2Cu3O7-δ(0.4≤x≤0.6)的高压合成与超导电性

采用高温高压合成方法，合成出了Pr_1-xCa_xBa₂Cu₃O_7-δ(0.4≤x≤0.6) 系列块材超导体，在缺氧的Pr_0.5Ca_0.5Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ四方123结构样品中得到了T_c为98K.实验结果表明Pr在123结构中的价态为大于3+的混合价态，因而空穴填充和杂化导致的载流子局域化是Pr抑制123相超导电性的关键因素. 关键词：     

压力对NH4IO3及其固溶体相变的影响

在流体静压力到10kbar范围内,采用DTA技术研究了压力对NH₄IO₃及其固溶体K_x(NH₄)_1-xIO₃的相变温度(T_c)的影响。实验结果表明,虽然固溶体的相变温度T_c随K⁺组分的增加而减小,但是dT_c/dP值却同K⁺组分无关。这意味着在压力下IO₃^-离子的伸长对T_c随压力增加起主要作用。 关键词：     

A型超导体的近似临界温度公式(Ⅰ)——μ*=0情形

本文用数值解方法从Eliashberg方程计算出超导临界温度T_c,并考察T_c对有效声子谱的依赖关系。在这个研究中,a²F(ω)被取为双δ函数谱,并允许其中的谱参数可以在很宽范围内改变。作者发现在λ<∧区域(即在T_c级数解的收敛圆外),T_c除了依赖λ和矩比外,还依赖T_c级数解的收敛半径倒数Λ;它们之间的关系是有规律的。在这些结果的启示下,本文在μ^*=0情形,用弥合数值解的方法得到一个适用于λ<Λ区域的T_c近似公式。接着,本文作者对吉光达和吴杭生的一篇文章进行了研究,指出:该文提出的超导体分类建议及其工作的主要结论是对的。但其中对决定A型超导体临界温度主要参量问题进行的分析,只适用于这样一些A型超导体,它们的收敛半径倒数Λ或者比λ₀小,或者虽比λ₀大、但λ又小于λ₀,其中λ₀是个依赖谱形状的参量,它的定义在正文中给出。对另一些A型超导体(λ₀<λ<Λ),决定T_c的主要参量不再是λ,而是δ=1/∧^0.5(ω_1/2/ω_log)^5.5λ^1.55。 关键词：     

Electronic structure and physical properties of bcc selenium under high pressure

Abstract

Here we report a theoretical calculation of the band structure and superconductivity of Se in the bcc phase. The energy band structure and the effect of pressure on the band structure is obtained by means of the Linear Muffin-Tin Orbital method within the atomic sphere approximation. The superconducting transition temperature (T_c) is calculated using McMillan's formula and we predict the value of T_c at 115.3 Gpa as 2.3 K. Further increase in presssure decreases the T_c values. The normal state electrical resistivity at 115.3 Gpa is 1.43 fl cm, with further increase in pressure the resistivity decreases, which is a typical behaviour of number of elemental metals under pressure.     

Probing interaction of paramagnetic electron with conduction electrons in high Tc superconductor LaSrCuO by (μ-O) spin relaxation

The paramagnetic (μ^-O) state formed at the oxygen site in high T_c LaSrCuO was used to probe an interaction between the localized moment of the paramagnetic electron and the conduction electrons via zero field μ^- spin relaxation. The enhanced relaxation rates consistently observed in the superconducting state of various Sr concentrations are explained as an effect of spin‐pairing in the high T_c supercurrent. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Field dependence of the thermal conductivity of K2CuCl4 · 2H2O near its ferromagnetic Curie temperature

The thermal conductivity of the ferromagnetic insulator K₂CuCl₄ · 2H₂O has been measured near its Curie temperature T_c. The measurements were made as a function of temperature in constant external magnetic field and as a function of field along isotherms. The results indicate a relaxation rate for magnetic critical scattering of phonons varies as H^?1/2.     

Phase transitions in N—n-propylpyridinium-TCNQ2 and N—n-butylpyridinium-TCNQn at high pressures

The electrical resistivity of N-n-propylpyridinium-TCNQ₂ (NPPy-TCNQ₂) and N-n-butylpyridinium-TCNQ_n (NBPy-TCNQ_n) has been measured as a function of temperature and pressure. Phase transitions in these salts have been studied at high pressures. The transition temperature (T_c) in NPPy-TCNQ₂ at atmospheric pressure increased with increasing pressure at the rate of dT_c/dP = + 12.0 degkbar^?1. The value of volume change calculated from the Clapeylon-Clausius relation was + 4.4 cm³ mol^?1. The electrical resistivity along the a- and c-axis increased with increasing pressure below 7 kbar. This anomalous electrical behaviour is closely related to the crystal structure of NPPy-TCNQ₂. The resistivity dropped sharply at about 11 kbar. This abrupt change may be due to a new pressure induced phase transition.The T_c of the NBPy-TCNQ_n increased remarkably with increasing pressure up to 0.7 kbar, above which the phase transition disappeared. The phase transitions of N-n-alkyl-substituted pyridinium TCNQ salts depend strongly on the nature of cations.     

Evolution of the spin-density wave-superconductivity texture in the organic superconductor (TMTSF)2PF6 under pressure

We report an investigation at the endpoint region of the spin density wave state in (TMTSF)₂PF₆ where metal and superconductivity emerge. Thanks to resistivity measurements along the three main crystallographic directions, we are able to follow the texture in this phase coexistence regime. In this respect, superconductivity is used as a decoration technique of the metallic pattern. We show that metal (superconductivity) emerges first along the c^? direction in a counterintuitive manner. Then metal (superconductivity) domains evolves from filaments along the c^? axis towards slabs perpendicular to the a-axis which melt together in the homogeneous phase at high pressure. This evolution is compatible with the proposition of the formation of a soliton phase in the vicinity of the critical pressure of the (TMTSF)₂PF₆ phase diagram.     

Electrical conductivity and NMR studies in paraelastic phase of Tl2SeO4

We have carried out the electrical conductivity and NMR measurements and investigated the characteristic features of the electrical conductivity in a paraelastic phase of Tl₂SeO₄. It was found from electrical conductivity measurement that the activation energy in the paraelastic phase (above T_c(= 661 K)) is 0.98 eV. We also found that ²⁰⁵Tl-NMR line width drastically decreases above T_c and becomes approximately 0.5 Gauss. This result indicates that in the paraelastic phase the mobile Tl ions exist. Moreover this result is consistent with the existence of the anomalously large hopping motion of Tl ions observed in X-ray diffraction measurement. Furthermore the activation energy estimated from the motional narrowing of ²⁰⁵Tl-NMR absorption line is 0.92 eV and is in agreement with that obtained from the conductivity measurement. From these results, it is deduced that the mobile Tl ions play an important role in the appearance of electrical conductivity in the paraelastic phase.     

Common features in high Tc cuprates and diborides

The normal state of magnesium diboride, the simplest metallic system showing the macroscopic quantum coherence at high temperature (high T_c superconductivity––HTcS) shows some features that are common with the cuprates, shedding light on the pairing mechanism for T_c amplification in HTcS: (1) two or more electronic components associated with multiple Fermi surface portions; (2) crossing of electronic topological transitions (ETT) where the Fermi surface changes its topology and (3) phonon softening in extended Kohn anomalies (EKA) over a large wave-vector range.     

Gd-substituted Bi-2223 superconductor

The effects of gadolinium doping at calcium site on the normal and superconducting properties of Bi-2223 system were studied. The Gd-doped (BiPb)-2223 series of specimens, namely Batch I, II and III were sintered at three different sintering temperatures 830, 850 and 895°C respectively. The properties investigated are (1) the normal state resistivity with a view to study metal-to-insulator transition, (2) the XRD patterns of the specimens with a view to study the relative composition of (BiPb)-2212 and (BiPb)-2223 phases and (3) the superconducting fluctuation behaviour (SFB) with a view to determine the effect of doping, if any, on the dimensionality of the fluctuation conductivity of the system. The normal state resistivity of Gd-substituted Bi-2223 specimens shows metallic, semiconducting and insulating behaviour. The T _c (R = 0) values indicate that (BiPb)-2223 phase is responsible for the observed superconducting transitions in Batch I and Batch II specimens with Gd concentrations x ≤ 0.7. This observation is further confirmed in the analysis of XRD patterns of these specimens. Gadolinium, being a magnetic impurity, has pair breaking effect near the Fermi level and decreases T _c (R = 0). The analysis of the superconducting fluctuation behaviour (SFB) shows a 2D dimensionality without any cross-over.

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Fluctuations in superconductors belowT c

Thermal fluctuations of the order parameter in the superconducting state are investigated, particularly near the transition temperature, using the time dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory. These fluctuations give rise to a contribution of the dynamical conductivity, which strongly increases as the temperature is raised towardsT _c , in contrast to the temperature dependence of the electromagnetic response due to the static order parameter. At the transition temperature this contribution joins continuously to the extra response (conductivity, susceptibility) which has been calculated and observed in the temperature region aboveT _c , where it represents the onset of superconductivity in the normal state. Particularly the dynamical conductivity due to fluctuations is calculated and discussed for bulk material, thin films and thin wires belowT _c . The temperature and frequency dependence should be observable in microwave experiments.