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Calcium-substituted lanthanum manganite compounds were synthesized by the spray drying technique. This method—whose main advantages are versatility, high reproducibility and scalability—yields small grain mate...
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Synthesis and characterization of new inorganic polymeric composites based on kaolin or white clay and on ground-granulated blast furnace slag
Alkali activation of dehydroxylated kaolin or clay yielded high-strength polymeric materials, so-called geopolymers. They were synthesized by mixing the aluminosilicate with solutions of sodium metasilicate an...
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Preparation of BaZrO3 powders by a spray-drying process
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Dysprosium Substitution in Bi-Based 2223 Materials: The Role of the Superconducting Layer Charge Distribution for Inducing a Structural Phase Transition
The chemical synthesis of dysprosium doped Bi-based 2223 high-Tc superconducting materials prepared by either a “two-powder process” or a “crystalline-glassy matrix precursor” method has been examined. In both ca...
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Two Peak Effect in GMR: A Chemical Effect?
We show that the synthesis conditions have a dramatic influence on the resistivity behavior of calcium and sodium doped LaMnO3. Several samples prepared by lowtemperature techniques exhibit a double-peaked curve ...
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Anomalous temperature behavior of the resistivity in lightly doped manganites around a metal-insulator phase transition
An unusual temperature and concentration behavior of the resistivity ρ(T, x) in La0.7Ca0.3Mn1−2x CuxO3 is observed at slight Cu do** (0≤x≤0.05). Namely, the introduction of copper results in a splitting of the ...
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Directional solidification by appropriate chemically active single crystal seed: An alternative way of generating large superconducting 123 single domain
A Dy2O3 single crystal has been used as a seed for the growth of isothermally melt-textured Dy-123 material. The nucleation-controlled step has been observed to be related to the heterogeneous nucleation of 211 p...
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Microstructure development in isothermally melt-textured 123–211 composite materials
Microstructures of isothermally melt-textured 123–211 composite materials have been examined during the solidification process from quenched specimens. The distribution of 211 particles, the superconducting 12...
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Field percolation and high current density in 80/20 DyBa2Cu3O7 − x/Dy2BaCuO5 bulk magnetically textured composite ceramics
We measured the AC susceptibility of magnetically textured (123) 80%/211(20%) DyBaCuO composite in a special set-up in order to enhance the intergrain contribution. The synthesis process led to very clean “wea...
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The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence of non-isovalent alkali (Li, Na, K, and Cs) substitution in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8, in particular on its synthesis conditions and on their resistive and thermopower el...
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Magnetic alignment in 2212 Bi-based superconducting system: Part I. Magnetic orientation of Bi2Sr2Ca1−x(RE)xCu2O8−y [(RE) = Gd, Dy, Ho, Er] powder dispersed in epoxy resin at room temperature
The magnetic anisotropy of rare-earth substituted 2212 materials (Bi2Sr2Ca0.8RE0.2Cu2Ox with RE = Gd, Dy, Ho, Er) is put into evidence. Superconducting powder dispersed in epoxy resin is oriented under an externa...
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Non-isovalent alkali metal “substitution” in YBa2Cu3O7−y granular ceramics
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Magnetic alignment in 2212 Bi-based superconducting system: II. Bi2Sr2Ca1−xDyxCu2O8−yx = 0.2 glass recrystallized in 0.6 T magnetic field
Starting from a glassy precursor, Bi2Sr2Ca1−xDyxCu2O8−y (for x = 0.2) was recrystallized under a 0.6 T magnetic field. After splat quenching, the samples were heated and sintered at different temperatures T1, the...
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About the occurrence of tetrahedrally co-ordinated Sn4+ and Ti4+ in the new synthetic garnet-type solid solution Ca3Sn3−x Ti x Fe2O12 (0.25⩽x⩽1.50)
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Ionic conductivity of the Na1+xM x III Zr2−x(PO4)3 systems (M = Al, Ga, Cr, Fe, Sc, In, Y, Yb)
The existence and ionic conductivity of solid solutions Na1+xM x III Zr2−x(PO4)3 with Nasicon-like structure have been investigated and the results compared wit...
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Dimensionality crossover regimes due to microcrystalline anisotropy in the resistivity of granular Y1Ba2Cu3O7−y in weak magnetic fields at low temperature
Precise measurements of the electrical resitivity of Y1Ba2Cu3O7−y have been taken in the temperature range between the “percolation transition” temperatureT R and the “superco...
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Factors determining the cation distribution in spinels: The case of spinels containing several high-valency cations
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Infrared spectrum of crystalline and glassy borosilicates M1BSi2O6