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Photoluminescence of MBE and MOCVD ZnTe Films on GaAs
We present low-temperature photoluminescence (PL) spectra of MBE and MOCVD ZnTe layers deposited on (100) GaAs substrates under different growth conditions. Strong bands associated with Zn vacancies are observ...
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Superconductivity near 30 K without copper: the Ba0.6K0.4BiO3 perovskite
It is well known that the breakthrough of Bednorz and Müller1 in discovering superconductivity in (La, Ba)2CuO4 was inspired in part by their knowledge of the superconducting properties of Ba(Pb, Bi)O3 (ref. 2). ...
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Superconductivity near 70 K in a new family of layered copper oxides
A new family of high-temperature superconductors is described, with the general formula Pb2Sr2ACu3O8+δ. Although they have the planes of CuO5 square pyramids characteristic of the other copper-oxide superconducto...
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Hardness and Elastic Modulus Measurements in CdTe and ZnTe Thin Film and Bulk Samples and ZnTe-CdTe Superlattices
Hardness and modulus values of bulk and epilayer ZnTe and CdTe samples and of ZnTe-CdTe superlattices are reported. Both hardness and Young’s modulus values increase with increasing ZnTe content in the ZnCdTe ...
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Synthesis of bulk superconducting YBa2Cu4O8 at one atmosphere oxygen pressure
THE well-known 90-K superconductor Y2Ba2Cu3O7 ('123') is the first (n = 0) member of a homologous series of compounds with the general formula Y2Ba4Cu6+nO14+n. These compounds combine layers of copper–oxygen pyra...
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Superconductivity at 3.5 K in BaPb0.75Sb0.25O3: why is Tc so low?
SUPERCONDUCTING BaPb0.75Bi0.25O3, with a transition temperature (Tc ) of 12 K (ref. 1), is now widely viewed as the precursor to the recent appearance of copper oxide superconductors with record high Tc S. The ob...
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Residence times and coverage by surface intermediates during the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis
Isotope tracing of alkene readsorption has been used to examine reversibility in the growth of higher hydrocarbons in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Some reversibility is indicated, but the degree is insuffici...
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Superconductivity at 60 K in La2-xSrxCaCu2O6: the simplest double-layer cuprate
STARTING with the pioneering work of Bednorz and Müller1, many copper-oxide-based superconductors with high transition temperatures (Tc) have been discovered. All contain layers of copper-oxygen squares, pyramids...
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Antiferromagnetism and metallic conductivity in Nb12O29
AT the heart of the controversy about the microscopic origin of superconductivity in high-transition-temperature copper oxide superconductors is the question of whether or not the antiferromagnetism associated...
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Superconductivity at 23 K in yttrium palladium boride carbide
COPPER oxide compounds have dominated superconductivity research since 1986 because of their very high transition temperatures (Tcs). In contrast, no new families of high-Tc intermetallic compounds have been disc...
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The crystal structure of superconducting LuNi2B2C and the related phase LuNiBC
SUPERCONDUCTING intermetallic compounds with relatively high transition temperature (Tc) have been found in the systems Ln–Tr–B–C, where Ln is a lanthanide element (Y, Ho–Lu) and Tr a transition metal (Pd or Ni)1...
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Superconductivity in the quaternary intermetallic compounds LnNi2B2C
THE attainment of unprecedentedly high transition temperatures (Tcs) in the copper oxide superconductors illustrates how working with more complex chemical systems allows greater opportunity to balance opposing f...
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Electrochemical and high pressure superoxygenation of YCuO2+x and LaCuO2+x delafossites
Electrochemical and high pressure oxygenation experiments are described which extend the range of intercalated oxygen content beyond that accessible in 1 atm O2 treatments for the triangular planar cuprate delafo...
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Superconductivity in lanthanum nickel boro-nitride
RESEARCH into intermetallic superconductors has recently been reinvigorated by the discovery of superconductivity at 23 K in a Y–Pd–B–C quaternary alloy1 (tying with the long-standing inter-metallic record held b...
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Neutron Powder Diffraction Refinement of the Nuclear and Magnetic Structures of HoNi2B2C at R.T., 10, 5.1 AND 2.2 K
The nuclear and magnetic structures of HoNi2B2C have been investigated by neutron powder diffraction at room temperature and at 10, 5.1 and 2.2K. The compound crystallizes with the symmetry of space group 14/mmm ...
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Transparent Conducting Films Grown By Pulsed Laser Deposition
We have studied the properties of two types of transparent conducting oxides grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) on quartz substrates. We have grown films of ITO with resistivity as low as 250 μΩ-cm and wit...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Physical Properties of the New Borocarbide Superconductors
An overview is given on materials and physical properties of the recently discovered 20K-class layered borocarbide intermetallic superconductors, RETM2B2C (RE=rare-earth, TM=Ni, Pd, Pt). Extensive studies on Lu(Y...
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Enhancement of the dielectric constant of Ta2O5through substitution with TiO2
MICROELECTRONICS research is in large part driven by the demand for smaller components with enhanced performance. For capacitive components, which form the basis of many memory devices, the dielectric constant...
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Dielectric properties of TiO2–Nb2O5 crystallographic shear structures
The dielectric constants (K) have been measured near ambient temperature for polycrystalline bulk ceramics of the crystallographic shear compounds TiNb24O62, Ti2Nb10O29, and TiNb2O7. These show enhanced K’s over ...
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Ln3Cu4P4O2: a New Lanthanide Transition Metal Pnictide Oxide Structure Type
A new type of lanthanide transition metal pnictide-oxide, Ln3Cu4P4O2 (for Ln = La, Ce, and Nd), is reported. The crystal structure is made from Ln2O2 layers of the Pb2O2 type stacked with layers of Cu2P2 tetrahed...