TY - JOUR
T1 - Recent progress on compositional nanostripes of REBa2Cu 3O7-δ (RE ≤ Sm,Eu,Gd) superconductors
AU - Hu, A.
AU - Koblischka, M. R.
AU - Yao, X.
AU - Zhou, H.
AU - Winter, M.
AU - Hartmann, U.
AU - Murakami, M.
PY - 2006/7/1
Y1 - 2006/7/1
N2 - We characterized ordered compositional fluctuation in high-quality SmBa2Cu3O7-δ, (Sm0.5Eu 0.5)Ba2Cu3O7-δ, and (Sm 0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu 3O7-δ superconductors by atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The presence of nanostripes along the crystalline c direction was confirmed in SmBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals and in melt-processed (Sm0.5Eu0.5)Ba2Cu 3O7-δ, (Sm0.33Eu0.33Gd 0.33)Ba2Cu3O7-δ materials. Meanwhile, thickness fringes originating from the twin boundaries were also identified in some samples; these could be clearly separated from real nanostripes with sample tilting. Compositional nanostripes displayed spatial variation in both shape and wavelength over a large area of RE-Ba-Cu-O single domains. The origin of the nanostripe is discussed in the context of the competitive growth mechanism of RE1+xBa2-xCu 3O7-δ solid solution.
AB - We characterized ordered compositional fluctuation in high-quality SmBa2Cu3O7-δ, (Sm0.5Eu 0.5)Ba2Cu3O7-δ, and (Sm 0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33)Ba2Cu 3O7-δ superconductors by atomic force microscopy, scanning tunnelling microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. The presence of nanostripes along the crystalline c direction was confirmed in SmBa2Cu3O7-δ single crystals and in melt-processed (Sm0.5Eu0.5)Ba2Cu 3O7-δ, (Sm0.33Eu0.33Gd 0.33)Ba2Cu3O7-δ materials. Meanwhile, thickness fringes originating from the twin boundaries were also identified in some samples; these could be clearly separated from real nanostripes with sample tilting. Compositional nanostripes displayed spatial variation in both shape and wavelength over a large area of RE-Ba-Cu-O single domains. The origin of the nanostripe is discussed in the context of the competitive growth mechanism of RE1+xBa2-xCu 3O7-δ solid solution.
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U2 - 10.1088/0953-2048/19/7/S31
DO - 10.1088/0953-2048/19/7/S31
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33646763521
VL - 19
SP - S580-S584
JO - Superconductor Science and Technology
JF - Superconductor Science and Technology
SN - 0953-2048
IS - 7
ER -