Nano-Scale Pinning Centers in ${\rm Y}_{2}{\rm Ba}_{1}{\rm Cu}_{1}{\rm O}_{5}$ Doped Sm-Ba-Cu-O Superconductor
| Autor: | Shih-Yun Chen, C. Colliex, Maw-Kuen Wu, A. Gloter, In-Gann Chen |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Superconductivity
Materials science Flux pinning High-temperature superconductivity Condensed matter physics Doping Analytical chemistry chemistry.chemical_element Barium Condensed Matter Physics Neodymium Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials law.invention chemistry Transmission electron microscopy law Phase (matter) Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity. 17:2957-2960 |
| ISSN: | 1051-8223 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/tasc.2007.900045 |
| Popis: | It has been suggested that the addition of nano-scale RE2BaCuO5(nmRE211, RE = Y, Sm and Nd) in melt-textured growth (MTG) Sm-Ba-Cu-O (SmBCO) materials enhances the critical current density (Jc), especially in high magnetic fields. According to the analysis of pinning properties, the field-induced pinning was attributed to a weakly superconducting phase. This phase was correlated to nano-scale compositional fluctuation regions originated from the peritectic reaction between nano-scale additives and matrix during the melt-growth process. To further elucidate the characteristics of the compositional fluctuation regions, in this study, nano-structure of nmY211 SmBCO samples were investigated using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and electron energy loss spectra (EELS). Periodic nano-structures with width ranging from few to several tens of nanometers were observed throughout the matrix. Variations in both chemical composition and thickness of these periodic nano-structures were compared with the observations reported in the NEG ((Nd, Eu, Gd)-Ba-Cu-O) samples. |
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