Published May 29, 1989
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Journal article
Improvement of YBa2Cu3O/sub 7-//sub x/ thick films by doping with silver
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3255
Description
Composite thick films of YBa2Cu3O/sub 7-//sub x/ and silver have been prepared on alumina substrates using a paint-on method. It is found that thick films containing greater than about 10% silver by weight have greatly reduced normal resistivities for T>T/sub c/ (onset) and significantly enhanced T/sub c/ (R = 0) as compared with undoped films processed under identical conditions. These results are interpreted in terms of enhanced grain growth and an improved coupling between grain boundaries because of proximity-induced electron pairing in the silver regions
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 54
- Journal Issue
- 22
- Series
- Appl. Phys. Lett.
- Journal Page Range
- 2256-2258
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20055663
- Subject category
- S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE; S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- ALUMINIUM OXIDES; BARIUM OXIDES; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTAL DOPING; DOPED MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILMS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; SILVER; SINTERING; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VERY HIGH TEMPERATURE; YTTRIUM OXIDES
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ELEMENTS; FABRICATION; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; METALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL DATA; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS