Published September 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Study of the superconducting and magnetic properties of niobium doped RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-δ ruthenocuprates

  • 1. Departamento de Fisica, UFSCar, Sao Carlos-SP 13565-905 (Brazil)
  • 2. National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg., New Delhi 110 012 (India)
  • 3. Instituto de Fisica 'Gleb Wataghin', UNICAMP, Campinas-SP 13083-970 (Brazil)

Description

Polycrystalline samples of Ru1-xNbxSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-δ, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5, have been synthesized and studied by resistivity, magnetization and ac susceptibility measurements. It was identified a strong suppression of the spin glass (SG) transition, which was totally suppressed in samples for x ≥ 0.2. The hysteresis loops at low temperatures are the result of the contribution of two distinct magnetic phases: a canted AFM phase and the SG phase. More importantly, the significant changes in the magnetic response of the material affect the superconducting properties of the samples. It was found that both Tc and the superconducting fraction are reduced in samples that show the spin glass phase, possibly due to the magnetic pair breaking effect

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.114

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2007.03.114;
PII
S0921-4534(07)00255-9;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
460-462
Journal Page Range
p. 442-443
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
8. international conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity and high temperature superconductors
Acronym
M2S-HTSC VIII
Dates
9-14 Jul 2006
Place
Dresden (Germany)

Optional Information

Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.