R-site cation randomness effect in the A-site ordered Y0.5La0.5BaMn2O6 compound

The R/Ba-ordered and R-site mixed compound Y0.5La0.5BaMn2O6 is synthesized, in which (Y, La) and Ba are regularly arranged, while Y and La randomly occupy the R-site. Y0.5La0.5BaMn2O6 has a tetragonal unit cell with a space group of P4/mmm. A structural transition between tetragonal and orthorhombic is observed at about 325 K by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD). Thermal magnetic measurement shows the occurrence of an antiferromagnetic transition at the temperature TN～190 K. Anomalies in magnetization, resistivity and lattice parameters observed around 340 K indicate a charge/orbital order transition accompanying the structural phase transition. The R-site randomness effect is discussed to interpret the different properties of Y0.5La0.5BaMn2O6 between NdBaMn2O6 and SmBaMn2O6.     

Combinative energy, oxygen deficiency and superconductivity in LnBa2Cu3O7-x （Ln=Nd, Er, Sm）

The correlation among the combinative energy, superconductivity, oxygen content, the position of holes in different planes, and the position of holes in the Cu(2)-O plane in LnBa2Cu3O7-x (Ln=Nd, Er, and Sin) has been investigated on the basis of a block model. The results indicate that the combinative energy decreases with increasing Tc in all of these compounds. And also, the combinative energies are obviously different with holes at different positions in the Cu(2)-O plane when the oxygen deficiency is low. However, this difference becomes less with increasing the oxygen deficiency.The effect of the holes in different positions on the combinative energy supplies some clue to the understanding of an unresolved problem, i.e. whether the distribution of carriers in the CuO2 plane is uniform or inhomogeneous. The results not only show that the structural characters, the combinative energy between two structural blocks and the superconductivity are closely interrelated in this class of compounds, but also reveal some differences among these systems. The relationship between the combinative energy and the Tc value in NdBa2Cu3O7-x shows some features different from the systems containing Er or Sm.     

Compression Behaviour and Equation of State of Zr44.4Nb7Cu13.5Ni10.9Be24.3 Bulk Metallic Glass up to 39 GPa

The compression of Zr44.4Nb7Cu13.5Ni10.8Be24.3 bulk metallic glass (BMG) is investigated at room temperature up to 39 GPa using in situ high-pressure energy dispersive x-ray diffraction with a synchrotron radiation source. The equation of state of the BMG is obtained by the calculation of the radial distribution function. Pressureinduced structural relaxation is exhibited. It is found that below about 6 GPa, the existence of excess free volume contributes to the rapid structural relaxation, which gives rise to rapid volumetric change, and the structural relaxation results in structural stiffness under higher pressure.     

Local structure changes of Cu55 cluster during heating

The structural relaxation of a cluster containing 55 atoms at elevated temperatures is simulated by molecular dynamics. The interatomic interactions are given by using the embedded atom method （EAM） potential. By decomposing the peaks of the radial distribution functions （RDFs） according to the pair analysis technique, the local structural patterns are identified for this cluster. During increasing temperature, structural changes of different shells determined by atom density profiles result in an abrupt increase in internal energy. The simulations show how local structural changes can strongly cause internal energy to change accordingly.     

Magnetic and Electrical Transport Properties of Sr1-xLaxRuO3 (0≤x≤0.10)

We investigate the lightly doped polycrystalline Sr1-χLaχRuO3 （χ = 0, 0.02, 0.08 and 0.10）. With La doping, the ferromagnetism in the system has been suppressed. The transition temperature is T＇c at which the long-range ferromagnetism establishes and the magnetization under 3 T at 5 K decreases with increasing χ. In contrast to Sr1-χCaχRuO3, the samples remain with the PM-FM transition at 162K, which might be attributed to the valency change of Ru.     

Doping dependent metal to insulator transition in the (Bi,Pb)-2212 system: The evolution of structural and electronic properties with europium substitution

The present work investigates the effect of europium substitution on the(Bi,Pb)-2212 system in the concentration range 0.5 ≤ x ≤ 1.0.Phase analysis and lattice parameter calculations on the powder diffraction data and the elemental analysis of EDX show that the Eu atoms are successfully substituted into the(Bi,Pb)-2212 system.Resistivity measurements(64-300 K) reveal that the system exhibits superconductivity at x ≤ 0.5 and semiconductivity at x > 0.5.With the complete suppression of superconductivity which is known to be a quasi-two dimensional phenomenon in these materials,a metal to insulator transition takes place at x = 0.6 and the predominant conduction mechanism is found to be variable range hopping between localized states,resulting in macroscopic semiconducting behaviour.The results of electrical and structural properties of the doped(Bi,Pb)-2212 compounds suggest that the decrease of charge carrier concentration and the induced structural disorder are the more effective and dominant mechanisms in the origin of the metal to insulator transition and suppression of superconductivity due to Eu substitution at its Sr site.     

Effect of Local Magnetic Field in G Measurement with Time-of-Swing Method

The effect of the local time- varying magnetic field in our G measurement with the time-of-swing method is studied by magnifying the magnetic field to cause a perceptible change in the pendulum＇s period. The experimental result shows that the coefficients of the change in the period to the magnetic field are 37（1） and 12（1） ms/gauss in the two horizontal directions respectively, which means that the systematic uncertainty due to the local magnetic field is less than 0.4ppm in our G measurement.     

Discontinuous Structural Phase Transition Behaviour in Multiple Component Alloy Melts

Discontinuous structural phase transition behaviour in seven kinds of liquid multiple component alloys are found by using a torsional oscillation viscometer. There are different phases existing in the system and the number of phases is discussed using the equilibrium thermodynamics phase rule. The phase parameters （ηo,ε） and order parameter dI in different phase regions are calculated based on the researched results. It is found that the parameters （ηo,ε, df） change at the structural transition point. The diameter of the fluid clusters, di, is stable in each phase region, which indicates that the structure is uniform.     

Ab initio investigation of the structural and unusual electronic properties of α-CuSe （klockmannite）

In this article, a computational analysis has been performed on the structural properties and predominantly on the electronic properties of the α-CuSe （klockmannite） using density functional theory. The studies in this work show that the best structural results, in comparison to the experimental values, belong to the PBEsol-GGA and WC-GGA functionals. However, the best results for the bulk modulus and density of states （DOSs） are related to the local density approximation （LDA） functional. Through utilized approaches, the LDA is chosen to investigate the electronic structure. The results of the electronic properties and geometric optimization of α-CuSe respectively show that this compound is conductive and non-magnetic. The curvatures of the energy bands crossing the Fermi level explicitly reveal that major charge carriers in CuSe are holes, whose density is estimated to be 0.86×1022 hole/cm3. In particular, the Fermi surfaces in the first Brillouin zone demonstrate interplane conductivity between （001） planes. Moreover, the charge carriers among them are electrons and holes simultaneously. The conductivity in CuSe is mainly due to the hybridization between the d orbitals of Cu atoms and the p orbitals of Se atoms. The former orbitals have the dual nature of localization and itinerancy.     

Formation Region and Amplitude of Colour Superconductivity in an Instanton—Induced Model

Colour superconductivity is investigated in the frame of a two flavour instanton-induced model.The ratio of diquark to quark-antiquark coupling constants is restricted to be c/(Nc-1) with 1≤c≤2.87 and controls the formation region and amplitude of colour superconductivity.While the finite current quark mass changer the chiral transition significantly,it does not considerably change the colour superconductivity.     

Variations from Zn1-xCoxO Magnetic Semiconductor to Co-ZnCoO Granular Composite

We investigate the variations from as-deposited Zn1-x： Cox O magnetic semiconductors to the post-annealed Co- ZnCoO granular composite. The as-deposited Zn1-x Cox 0 magnetic semiconductor deposited under thermal nonequilibrium conditions is composed of Zn1-x. Cox O nanograins of high Co concentration. The room-temperature ferromagnetism with high magnetization and large negative magnetoresistance are found in the as-deposited samples. By annealing, the samples become of granular composite consisting of the Co metal grains and the remanent Zn1-x CoxO matrix. Although the magnetization is enhanced after annealing, the spin-dependent negative magnetoresistance disappears at room temperature. The magnetoresistance observed in the annealed samples in the high field region has no relation with the ferromagnetism, which in turn indicates that the roomtemperature ferromagnetism and large negative magnetoresistance observed in the as-deposited are the intrinsic properties of the Zn1-x Cox O magnetic semiconductor.     

Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of SmCo7-xZrx

The electronic structure and magnetism of SmCo_7-xZr_x alloy are investigated using the spin-polarized MS-X. method. The results show that a few of electrons are transferred to the Sm(5d⁰) orbital due to orbital hybridization between Sm and Co atoms. The exchange interactions between 3d and 5d electrons are more important than the polarization effects of the conductive electrons, thus it is the main reason resulting in the long-range ferromagnetic order in SmCo_7-xZr_x. The Curie temperature of SmCo_7-xZr_x is generally lower than that of corresponding pure Co, which may be explained by the weaker average coupling strength between Co lattices due to some negative couplings mainly occurring of 2e site. The calculated results for the Sm₅Co₃₂Zr₂ cluster may lead to a better understanding of why SmCo_7-xZr_x is stable phase. Since the spin-up DOS peak of d electrons at E_F arises and the bonding of electrons at E_F strengthens with increasing Zr concentration, which results in the internal energy of the system decrease, the stable ferromagnetic order forms in SmCo_7-xZr_x.     

Enhancement of Critical Current Density in Graphite Doped MgB2 Wires

Graphite doped MgB2-xCx (x = 0.00, 0.05, 0.10) wires were fabricated via the in situ powder-in-tube method in flowing argon by using low carbon steel tubes as the sheath materials. With the increase of graphite concentration,the amount of unreacted graphite in the core area increases, and the average grain size of MgB2 decreases. It is found that the critical current density Jc can be significantly improved by graphite doping. The MgB2 wire with x = 0.05 exhibits the best Jc value of 16710 A/cm^2 at 6K, 4.5T, but the MgB1.9C0.1 wire has the highest Jc value of 2060 A/cm^2 at 6 K, 8 T. It is suggested that the enhancement of Jc is due to not only the improvement of the microstructure features but also the introduction of pinning centres.     

Influence of Polarization-Induced Electric Field on Subband Structure in AlxGa1-xN/GaN Double Quantum Wells

The influence of the polarization-induced electric field and other parameters on the subband structure in Al_xGa_1-xN /GaN coupled double quantum wells (DQWs) has been studied by solving the Schrödinger and Poisson equations self-consistently. It is found that the polarization effect leads to an asymmetric potential profile of Al_xGa_1-xN/GaN DQWs although the two wells have the same width and depth. The polarization effect also leads to a very large Stark shift between the odd and the even order subband levels that can reach 0.54eV. Due to the polarization-induced Stark shift, the wavelength of the intersubband transition between the first odd order and the second even order subband levels becomes smaller, which is useful for realization of optoelectronic devices operating within the telecommunication window region.     

Influence of Mn-Doped Content on Ferromagnetism of Ga1-xMnxN Film Grown by LP-MOVPE

The diluted magnetic semiconductor Ga_1-xMn_xN was achieved by low-pressure metal organic vapour-phase epitaxy (LP-MOVPE). Proton-induced x-ray emission was employed non-destructively, quickly and accurately to determine the Mn-doped content. The magnetic property was measured by a superconducting-quantum-interference-device (SQID) magnetometer. Apparent ferromagnetic hysteresis loops measured at or above room temperature are presented. No ferromagnetic secondary phases were detected by high-resolution x-ray diffraction. The experimental results show that the ferromagnetic signal firstly decreases and then increases with the increasing Mn-doped content from 0.23% to 4.69% and it is the weakest when Mn content is 0.51%. The annealing treatment could make the ferromagnetic property stronger.     

Relaxor Behaviour and Ferroelectric Properties of （Li0.12Na0.88） （Nb0.9-xWa0.10Sbx）O3 Lead-Free Ceramics

New lead-free ceramics （Lio.12Na0.88） （Nbo.9-x Ta0.10 Sbx） 03 （0.01 × 0.06） are synthesized by solid-state reaction method. The dielectric, piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of the ceramics are studied. The dielectric constant dependence with temperature and frequency of the ceramic specimen with x = 0.04 shows typical characteristics of relaxor ferroelectrics, and the Vogel-Fulcher relationship is fulfilled. The dielectric behaviour and its relation to the phase transition phenomena are discussed. The polarization hysteresis loops at room temperature are also measured.     

Optical investigations of ZnxCd1-xS nanostructures

Zn_xCd_1-xS nanostructures with (x = 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1) have been grown on glass substrates using spray pyrolysis technique. X-ray diffraction results have showed that Zn_xCd_1-xS nanostructures were formed with hexagonal and cubic structures. The structural parameters have been evaluated as a function of concentration (x). Also, the optical properties that depend on the mole fraction (x) are investigated for Zn_xCd_1-xS nanostructures.     

STRUCTURE AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY OF Mg1-xLixB2

The effects of the substitution of Li for Mg in Mg_1-xLi_xB₂(x=0,0.1,0.2) on their structure and superconductivity have been investigated. It has been found by X-ray diffraction that the substitution of Li for Mg with x=0.1 and 0.2 does not cause phase transformation in these samples. However,the measurements of temperature-dependent normalized magnetization indicate the loss of superconductivity with the increase of Li content in these samples.     

Superconductivity in Hole-Doped （S1-xKx）Fe2As2

A series of layered （Sr1-xKx）Fe2As2 compounds with nominal x = 0-0.40 are synthesized by solid state reaction method. Similar to other parent compounds of iron-based pnictide superconductors, pure SrFe2As2 shows a strong resistivity anomaly near 210 K, which was ascribed to the spin-density-wave instability. The anomaly temperature is much higher than those observed in LaOFeAs and BaFe2As2, the two prototype parent compounds with ZrCuSiAs- and ThCr2Si2-type structures. K-doping strongly suppresses this anomaly and induces superconductivity. Like in the case of K-doped BaFe2As2, sharp superconducting transitions at Tc ～ 38 K is observed. We perform the Hall coefficient measurement, and confirm that the dominant carriers are hole-type. The carrier density is enhanced by a factor of 3 in comparison to F-doped LaOFeAs superconductor.     

机械合金化Fe100-xCux体系的X射线吸收精细结构研究

利用X射线吸收精细结构(XAFS)方法研究机械合金化制备的Fe_100-xCu_x(x=0,10,20,40,60,70,80,100,x为原子百分比)合金中Fe和Cu原子的局域环境结构.对于Fe_100-xCu_x(x≥40)二元混合物,球磨160h后,Fe原子的近邻配位结构从bcc转变为fcc,但Cu原子的近邻结构保持其fcc不变.与之相反,在Fe₈₀Cu₂₀和Fe₉₀Cu₁₀(x≤20)合金中,Fe原子的近邻配位保持其bcc结构而Cu原子的近邻配位结构从fcc转变为bcc结构.XAFS结果还表明,fcc结构的Fe_100-xCu_x样品中Fe的无序因子σ(0.0099nm)比bcc结构的Fe_100-xCu_x中的σ(0.0081nm)大得多;并且在机械合金化Fe_100-xCu_x(x≥40)样品中Fe原子的σ(0.0099nm)比其Cu原子的σ(0.0089nm)大.这表明机械合金化Fe_100-xCu_x样品中Fe和Cu原子可以有相同的局域结构环境但不是均匀的过饱和固溶体,而是由Fe富集区和Cu富集区组成的合金.我们提出互扩散和诱导相变机理来解释在球磨过程中Fe_100-xCu_x合金产生从bcc到fcc和从fcc到bcc变化的结构相变 关键词： XAFS 100-xCu_x合金')" href="#">Fe_100-xCu_x合金 机械合金化