Ion size effects on T-c and interplanar coupling in RBa(2)Cu(3)O(7-delta)

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Williams, GVM
Tallon, JL
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[1] New Zealand Inst. Indust. R. and D., Lower Hutt
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PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 1996年 / 258卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0921-4534(95)00834-9
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The superconducting transition temperature and oxygen content in optimally doped RBa(2)Cu(3)O(7-delta) samples with R = Yb, Er, Dy, Y, Gd, Eu, Nd has been studied as a function of ionic radius. By using samples with optimal hole concentrations the uncertainty in the doping state of previous studies is eliminated and T-c is observed to increase with the size of the rare earth atom. Within the ionic bond-valence-sum model, the increase in T-c can be attributed to an increased hole distribution on the plane oxygen sites relative to the plane Cu sites. From conductivity fluctuations, the c-axis coherence length was also observed to increase with rare earth ionic radius due to decreasing disorder on the chains.
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