LARGE ENHANCEMENT IN OXYGEN MOBILITY IN THE SUPERCONDUCTORS RBA2CU3O7 WITH INCREASING RARE-EARTH SIZE

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作者
TALLON, JL [1 ]
MELLANDER, BE [1 ]
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[1] CHALMERS UNIV TECHNOL, DEPT PHYS, S-41296 GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN
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10.1126/science.258.5083.781
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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Ultrasonic composite oscillator measurements of the mechanical relaxation in RBa2Cu3O7-delta arising from oxygen hopping in the basal chain layer show enhancements in oxygen mobility of 20, 50, and 100 times for R = gadolinium, neodymium, and lanthanum, respectively, above that for R = yttrium. The use of the larger rare earths offers a practical solution to the major problem of slow oxygen diffusion in single crystals and bulk, dense material for wires and melt-textured monolithic bodies.
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