Effect of gold doping on the superconducting critical temperature and transition width in single-crystal YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO)

被引:7
作者
Ikuta, H
Ginsberg, DM
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT PHYS,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS,MAT RES LAB,URBANA,IL 61801
来源
JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY | 1996年 / 9卷 / 02期
关键词
superconductivity; gold-doped YBa2Cu3O7-delta; transition temperature; transition;
D O I
10.1007/BF00728312
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Single-crystal YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) has been made with some of the copper atoms in the copper-oxygen chains replaced by gold. The samples were made by a flux method. The gold concentration was determined by EDX (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy) as a function of the nominal (i.e., flux) composition. Up to about 4.8% of all the copper atoms can be replaced by gold. The effect of the gold doping on the superconducting transition temperature (T-c) and the transition width (Delta T-c) were determined.
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页码:259 / 261
页数:3
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