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Superconducting Mechanism through direct and redox layer doping in Pnictides
The mechanism of superconductivity in pnictides is discussed through direct
doping in superconducting FeAs and also in charge reservoir REO layers. The
un-doped SmFeAsO is charge neutral SDW (Spin Density Wave) compound with
magnetic ordering below 150 K. The Superconducting FeAs layers are doped with
Co and Ni at Fe site, whereas REO layers are doped with F at O site. The
electron doping in SmFeAsO through Co results in superconductivity with
transition temperature (Tc) maximum up to 15 K, whereas F doping results in Tc
upto 47 K in SmFeAsO. All these REFe/Co/NiAsO/F compounds are iso-structural to
ZrCuSiAs structure. The samples are crystallized in a tetragonal structure with
space group P4/nmm. Variation of Tc with different doping routes shows the
versatility of the structure and mechanism of occurrence of superconductivity.
It seems doping in redox layer is more effective than direct doping in
superconducting FeAs layer.Comment: 4 Pages text + Figs: ([email protected]
Electrical and Magnetic behaviour of PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 superconductor
The superconducting and ground state samples of PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 and PrFeAsO
have been synthesised via easy and versatile single step solid state reaction
route. X-ray & Reitveld refine parameters of the synthesised samples are in
good agreement to the earlier reported value of the structure. The ground state
of the pristine compound (PrFeAsO) exhibited a metallic like step in
resistivity below 150K followed by another step at 12K. The former is
associated with the spin density wave (SDW) like ordering of Fe spins and later
to the anomalous magnetic ordering for Pr moments. Both the resistivity
anomalies are absent in case of superconducting PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 sample. Detailed
high field (up to 12Tesla) electrical and magnetization measurements are
carried out for superconducting PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 sample. The PrFeAsO0.8F0.2
exhibited superconducting onset (Tconset) at around 47K with Tc({\rho} =0) at
38K. Though the Tconset remains nearly invariant, the Tc({\rho} =0) is
decreased with applied field, and the same is around 23K under applied field of
12Tesla. The upper critical field (Hc2) is estimated from the Ginzburg Landau
equation (GL) fitting, which is found to be ~ 182Tesla. Critical current
density (Jc) being calculated from high field isothermal magnetization (MH)
loops with the help of Beans critical state model, is found to be of the order
of 103 A/cm2. Summarily, the superconductivity characterization of single step
synthesised PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 superconductor is presented.Comment: 15 Pages Text + Fig
Role of MgO impurity on the superconducting properties of MgB2
We address the effect of MgO impurity on the superconducting properties of
MgB2. The synthesis of MgB2 is very crucial because of sensitivity of Mg to
oxidation which may lead to MgO as a secondary phase. Rietveld refinement was
performed to determine the quantitative volume fraction of MgO in the samples
synthesized by two different techniques. Both the samples were subjected to
magnetization measurements under dc and ac applied magnetic fields and the
observed results were compared as a function of temperature. Paramagnetic
Meissner effect has been observed in a sample of MgB2 having more amount of MgO
(with Tc = 37.1K) whereas the pure sample MgB2 having minor quantity of MgO
shows diamagnetic Meissner effect with Tc = 38.8K. M-H measurements at 10K
reveal a slight difference in irreversibility field which is due to MgO
impurity along with wide transition observed from ac magnetic susceptibility
measurements. The magnetotransport measurements R(T)H using RN = 90%, 50% and
10% criterion on pure sample of MgB2 has been used to determine the upper
critical field whereas the sample having large quantity of MgO does not allow
these measurements due to its high resistance.Comment: 15 pages text + Fig
Enhanced Critical parameters of nano-Carbon doped MgB2 Superconductor
The high field magnetization and magneto transport measurements are carried
out to determine the critical superconducting parameters of MgB2-xCx system.
The synthesized samples are pure phase and the lattice parameters evaluation is
carried out using the Rietveld refinement. The R-T(H) measurements are done up
to a field of 140 kOe. The upper critical field values, Hc2 are obtained from
this data based upon the criterion of 90% of normal resistivity i.e. Hc2=H at
which Rho=90%Rho; where RhoN is the normal resistivity i.e., resistivity at
about 40 K in our case. The Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg (WHH) prediction of
Hc(0) underestimates the critical field value even below than the field up to
which measurement is carried out. After this the model, the Ginzburg Landau
theory (GL equation) is applied to the R-T(H) data which not only calculates
the Hc2(0) value but also determines the dependence of Hc2 on temperature in
the low temperature high field region. The estimated Hc(0)=157.2 kOe for pure
MgB2 is profoundly enhanced to 297.5 kOe for the x=0.15 sample in MgB2-xCx
series. Magnetization measurements are done up to 120 kOe at different
temperatures and the other parameters like irreversibility field, Hirr and
critical current density Jc(H) are also calculated. The nano carbon doping
results in substantial enhancement of critical parameters like Hc2, Hirr and
Jc(H) in comparison to the pure MgB2 sample.Comment: 25 pages with 9 Figs:
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High pressure high temperature (HPHT) synthesis and magnetization of Magneto-Superconducting RuSr2(LnCe2)Cu2O12.25 (Ru-1232) compounds (Ln = Y and Dy)
RuSr2(LnCe2)Cu2O12.25 (Ru-1232) compounds with Ln = Y and Dy being
synthesized by high pressure high temperature (6GPa, 12000C) solid state
synthesis route do crystallize in space group P4/mmm in near single phase form
with small quantities of SrRuO3 and RuSr2(RE1.5Ce0.5)Cu2O10 (Ru-1222). Both
samples exhibit magnetic transitions (Tmag.) at ~90 K with significant
branching of zfc (zero-field-cooled) and fc (field-cooled) magnetization and a
sharp cusp in zfc at ~ 70 K, followed by superconducting transitions at ~ 30 K.
Both compounds show typical ferromagnetic hysteresis loops in magnetic moment
(M) versus field (H) magnetization right upto Tmag. i.e. < 90K. To our
knowledge these are the first successfully synthesized Ru-1232 compounds in
near single phase with lanthanides including Y and Dy. The results are compared
with widely reported Gd/Ru-1222 and Ru-1212 (RuSr2GdCu2O8) compounds. In
particular, it seems that the Ru moments magnetic ordering temperature (Tmag.)
scales with the c-direction distance between magnetic RuO6 octahedras in
Ru-1212/1222 or 1232 systems.Comment: 15 pages of TEXT and Fig
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