Fluctuation-induced excess conductivity in the compounds CaREBaCu3O7−y (RE=La and Sm)
01 Jun 1991-Bulletin of Materials Science (Springer Science and Business Media LLC)-Vol. 14, Iss: 3, pp 747-752
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the resistivity of two tetragonal compounds, CaREBaCu3O7−y (RE=La and Sm) at room temperature with T c between 60 and 70 K. The results were analyzed for fluctuation conductivity from 180 K downwards.
Abstract: The compounds CaREBaCu3O7−y (RE=La and Sm) are tetragonal at room temperature withT c between 60 and 70 K. The single-phase compounds were prepared by solid-state reaction. The resistivity was measured by a four-probe technique in a continuous flow cryostat with the temperature being controlled to an accuracy of 10 mK. The resistivity vs temperature showed a break in slope around 180 K in CaLaBaCu3O7−y and around 220 K in CaSmBaCu3O7−y . The results were analysed for fluctuation conductivity from 180 K downwards. A plot of dρ/dT vsT showed a sharp peak atT m =69·69 K for La compound and 66·00 K for the Sm compound. Detailed analysis of the resistivity in the regionT on to 180 K was carried out using the procedure due to Veira and Vidal. The results are discussed in this paper.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors concluded from detailed investigations on rare-earth-substituted 1113-system CaBaLa 1- x R x Cu 3 O 7- δ (R= Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Er, Ho, Dy, Yb and Tm) that only R=Pr and Nd have a complete range of solid solubility (0⩽ x ⩽ 1.0).
Abstract: It is concluded from detailed investigations on rare-earth-substituted 1113-system CaBaLa 1- x R x Cu 3 O 7- δ (R= Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Er, Ho, Dy, Yb and Tm) that only R=Pr and Nd have a complete range of solid solubility (0⩽ x ⩽1.0). Among other rare-earth ions, only Sm( x ⩽0.8) and Eu( x ⩽0.6) have a large enough range of solid solubility, while the remaining undergo severe phase separation resulting in the formation of multiphase mixtures even for low values of x . The T c -values of CaBaLa 1- x R x Cu 3 O 7- δ (R=Nd, Sm and Eu) show a decreasing trend with increase in x . In these respects, the influence of substitution of rare-earth ions in the CaBaLaCu 3 O 7- δ system is quite different from that in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7- δ , except that both CaBaPrCu 3 O 7- δ and PrBa 2 Cu 3 O 7- δ are semiconducting.
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TL;DR: In this article, resistivity measurements on CaREBaCu 3 O 7− y (RE=La, Sm), Ag coated YBa 2 Cu 3 O7− y, Tl 2 CaBa 2 Ca 2 O 8 and YBa2 Cu 3− x Zn x Cu 3 o 7 − y ( x = 0.05, 0.075 and 0.15) in the paracoherence region.
Abstract: Fluctuations in phase across the weak links in a granular superconductor contribute to the excess conductivity below T m , the temperature at which the plot of temperature derivative of electrical resistivity against temperature shows a maximum. In a narrow range of temperature above T ∞ (the temperature at which the resistivity at which the resistivity becomes zero), the excess conductivity, Δσ = [ σ ( T ) − σ ( T m )], is expected to vary as ( T − T ∞ ) − γ . In this work, resistivity measurements on CaREBaCu 3 O 7− y (RE=La, Sm), Ag coated YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− y , Tl 2 CaBa 2 Cu 2 O 8 and YBa 2 Cu 3− x Zn x Cu 3 O 7− y ( x =0.05, 0.075, 0.1 and 0.15) in the paracoherence region are reported. Analysis of the data indicates the excess conductivity in this region is better described by the critical exponent y = 1.33. From an analogy between the tunneling Hamiltonian in the granular material and the Hamiltonian for an XY ferromagnet one expects the critical exponent, γ, to be the same as the critical exponent for susceptibility in the ferromangetic case.
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TL;DR: The temperature dependence of dc electrical conductivity was measured by two-probe technique in the vicinity of phase transition point for ferroelectrics sodium vanadate and rubidium vanadates doped with different concentrations of La2O3 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The temperature dependence of dc electrical conductivity was measured by two-probe technique in the vicinity of phase transition point for ferroelectrics sodium vanadate and rubidium vanadate doped with different concentrations of La2O3. These materials show a sharp change in conductivity at their phase transition temperatures. The results were found to obey the conventional exponential law and the activation energies were calculated for ferroelectric and paraelectric states. It was found that activation energy in ferroelectric phase is smaller than in the paraelectric phase. The activation energy increases slowly with increase in doping concentration of La2O3 up to 0·1 mol%, however, it decreases with further increase in doping concentration, in both ferro and para states. The dc electrical conductivity below the Curie temperature is of mixed type (ionic-electronic) while it is electronic type above the Curie temperature.
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