ULTRASONIC INVESTIGATIONS OF PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS

被引:17
作者
MULLER, V
MAURER, D
机构
[1] Freie Universität Berlin, Fachbereich Physik, D-1000 Berlin 33, FRG
关键词
ferroelasticity; High temperature superconductors; phase transitions; twins; ultrasound;
D O I
10.1080/01411599008207225
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
We report on the temperature dependence of the sound velocity and ultrasonic absorption in YBa2 Cu3 O7- δ and discuss what can be learned from these measurements about possible low-temperature phase-transitions. In particular the formation of microtwins is considered as a precursor of a stress-induced first-order displacive transition into a possibly piezoelectric phase. © 1990, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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页码:211 / 224
页数:14
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