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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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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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Non-isovalent metal substitution for bismuth, strontium, calcium, and copper in bi-based 2212 superconducting ceramics
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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Non-isovalent alkali metal “substitution” in YBa2Cu3O7−y granular ceramics
The aim of this paper is to study the influence of non-isovalent “do**” in YBa2Cu3O7−y in particular on its synthesis conditions and on the resistive properties both with and without a magnetic field. We conce...
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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...