Structural and magnetic properties of YBa2Cu3O7/BaZrO3 composites

Autor: David A. Landínez-Téllez, Jairo Roa-Rojas, Gabriel Peña-Rodríguez
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Materials Research, Vol 16, Iss 5, Pp 1002-1005 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1516-1439
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392013005000093
Popis: We reported a study of the structural and magnetic properties of BaZrO3 (BZO) as possible substrate material for the production of YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) superconducting films. Rietveld analyses of the X-ray diffraction pattern show that BZO crystalizes as a cubic perovskite, space group Pm3m (#221). Chemical stability and crystallographic coupling between BZO and YBCO were examined by characterizing YBCO/BZO (10, 30 and 50 YBCO vol%) polycrystalline composites. Morphological and compositional analyses of composites were performed through scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray experiments, respectively. Response of magnetization measurements revealed that the proximity of BZO does not affect the superconducting transition temperature (Tc=90,2 K) of YBCO material. Our results evidenced that the BZO is an excellent candidate to be substrate for the fabrication of YBCO superconducting thin films.
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