Inhomogeneous superconductivity in Bi2Sr2Ca1-xPrxCu2O8+δ

被引:36
作者
dos Santos, CAM
Moehlecke, S
Kopelevich, Y
Machado, AS
机构
[1] FAENQUIL, Dept Mat Engn, Grp Superconductividade, BR-12600000 Lorena, SP, Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis Gleb Wataghin, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
来源
PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 2003年 / 390卷 / 01期
基金
巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
Bi2Sr2Ca1-xPrxCu2O8+delta; superconducting critical temperature; percolation;
D O I
10.1016/S0921-4534(02)02802-2
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have studied Pr doping effect on the superconducting transition temperature onset T-C(x) in Bi2Sr2Ca1-xPrxCu2O8+delta superconducting polycrystalline samples by means of both resistance R(T,x) and magnetization M(T,x) measurements. It is found that while the resistively determined T-CR (x) rapidly decreases with x for x > 0.4, the TCM approximate to 85 K obtained from magnetization measurements remains unchanged. We argue that the suppression of TCR(X) is related to the reduction of the sample superconducting volume fraction which ultimately leads to disconnected superconducting clusters. Resistive behavior measured at different applied currents in a sample close to percolation threshold supports this discussion. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:21 / 26
页数:6
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