U－Doped Y－Ba－Cu－O Melt－Processed Superconductor

Large grain Y-Ba-Cu-O (YBCO) superconductors doped with various amounts of depleted uranium oxide have been fabricated by top seeded melt growth (TSMG). The effect of depleted UO2 on the large grain microstructure has been studied systematically in samples with and without added Pt. Addition of uranium oxide results in the formation of U-phase particles of dimensions of a few hundred nanometers with an approximately spherical morphology in the superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-8(Y-123) phase matrix. Addition of Y2O3to the uranium doped precursor powder, rather than Y-211, yields a significantly finer distribution of second phase particles.The chemical composition of the U-phase particles, found in samples with no Pt addition, has been identified as Y2Ba4CuUOy, which exhibits paramagnetic behaviour. It has been confirmed experimentally that this phase forms during the peritectic solidification process. Magnetic measurements show that U-doped melt processed YBCO exhibits improved critical current densities and trapped fields compared to un-doped material.     

Unusual magnetic order in the pseudogap region of the superconductor HgBa2CuO4+delta

The pseudogap region of the phase diagram is an important unsolved puzzle in the field of high-transition-temperature (high-T(c)) superconductivity, characterized by anomalous physical properties. There are open questions about the number of distinct phases and the possible presence of a quantum-critical point underneath the superconducting dome. The picture has remained unclear because there has not been conclusive evidence for a new type of order. Neutron scattering measurements for YBa(2)Cu(3)O(6+delta) (YBCO) resulted in contradictory claims of no and weak magnetic order, and the interpretation of muon spin relaxation measurements on YBCO and of circularly polarized photoemission experiments on Bi(2)Sr(2)CaCu(2)O(8+delta)(refs 12, 13) has been controversial. Here we use polarized neutron diffraction to demonstrate for the model superconductor HgBa(2)CuO(4+delta) (Hg1201) that the characteristic temperature T* marks the onset of an unusual magnetic order. Together with recent results for YBCO, this observation constitutes a demonstration of the universal existence of such a state. The findings appear to rule out theories that regard T* as a crossover temperature rather than a phase transition temperature. Instead, they are consistent with a variant of previously proposed charge-current-loop order that involves apical oxygen orbitals, and with the notion that many of the unusual properties arise from the presence of a quantum-critical point.     

钙钛矿La2/3Ca1/3MnO3/YBa2Cu4O8/La2/3Ca1/3MnO3三层薄膜的磁输运性能

高温超导材料YBa2Cu4O8(YBCO)和铁磁材料La2／3Ca1／3MnO3(LCMO)形成的三层薄膜LCMO／YBCO／LCMO由对靶溅射技术制得．与YBCO单层薄膜相比，由于超导／铁磁系统中的磁性邻近效应，三层薄膜表现出较低的超导转变温度(Tc,ON)．与LCMO单层膜相比，三层薄膜的金属半导体转变温度(TMS)被提高并且强烈依赖于YBCO层的厚度．随中间层厚度的变化，磁电阻显示出非单调行为，长振荡周期被发现．结果表明，当YBCO处于正常态时两层LCMO膜之间存左着磁性自旋相互作用．     

Bi_2O_3掺杂对TSMTG法单畴YBCO超导块材性能的影响

本文采用顶部籽晶熔融织构法(TSMTG)成功地将Bi2O3掺杂到YBCO超导块材中,研究了Bi2O3掺杂含量对单畴YBCO超导块材生长形貌和磁悬浮力的影响.结果表明,在YBa2Cu3O7-δ(Y123):Y2BaCuO5(Y211)=1:0.4不变的情况下,掺杂的Bi2O3粉体在样品内部均生成了Y2Ba4CuBiOx纳米粒子.当Bi2O3添加量x≤1.5wt%时,样品均可长成完整的单畴YBCO超导块材,且样品的磁悬浮力随着Bi2O3掺杂量的增加而增大;当x1.5wt%时,YBCO超导块材的单畴区域随着Bi2O3掺杂量的增加而逐渐减小,且随机成核现象严重,磁悬浮力降低;当x=1.5wt%时,样品的磁悬浮力最大.该结果对缩短样品制备的周期及进一步提高超导块材性能具有十分重要的意义.     

Enhanced supercurrent density in polycrystalline YBa2Cu3O(7-delta) at 77 K from calcium doping of grain boundaries

With the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, it seemed that the vision of superconducting power cables operating at the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (77 K) was close to realization. But it was soon found that the critical current density Jc of the supercurrents that can pass through these polycrystalline materials without destroying superconductivity is remarkably small. In many materials, Jc is suppressed at grain boundaries, by phenomena such as interface charging and bending of the electronic band structure. Partial replacement ('doping') of the yttrium in YBa2Cu3O(7-delta) with calcium has been used to increase grain-boundary Jc values substantially, but only at temperatures much lower than 77 K (ref. 9). Here we show that preferentially overdoping the grain boundaries, relative to the grains themselves, yields values of Jc at 77 K that far exceed previously published values. Our results indicate that grain-boundary doping is a viable approach for producing a practical, cost-effective superconducting power cable operating at liquid-nitrogen temperatures.     

YBCO超导体中化学键与电子结构

本文用半经验CNDO/2量子化学计算方法,对YBCO的结构单元及晶胞作了计算,结果指出:1.采用簇模型不能较好地反映YBCO晶体性质。2.YBCO中Cu(2)的氧化态为( 2),Cu(1)的氧化态为( 1.5),Cu(1)也可能是在( 2)与( 1)两个氧化态之间共振。3.铜的电子组态分别为Cu(2)(d_(xy)~2d_(x2)~2d_(yz)~2d_(x~2-y~2)~1d_z~(2_2)),Cu(1)(d_(xy)~2d_(xz)~2]d_(yz)~2d_(x~2-y~2)~2d_(z~2)~1)。这种组态是YBCO形成层状氧缺位结构的主要原因。4.超交换作用在YBCO中普遍存在,但铜-氧面间这种作用最大,超导电流在其间进行最为有利。5.Y,Ba在YBCO中的主要作用是促成Cu(d_(xy))与O(P)形成最高占领杂化带。     

添加剂对电泳法制备YBa2Cu3O7-δ超导涂层的影响

第二代高温超导带材YBa2Cu3O7-δ(YBCO)具有高载流能力、高不可逆场、低交流损耗和高转变温度,成为当前的热点研究对象.采用低成本的电泳沉积技术在Hastelloy合金上成功制备了YBCO超导层.添加剂对电泳液的稳定性及涂层性能有着重要影响.实验研究了添加剂(种类选择及添加量)与YBCO超导层的关系.结果表明,添加005gPVB时所制备的样品具有较好的超导电性,其临界电流密度可达100A/cm2(0T,77K).     

Sintering dense nanocrystalline ceramics without final-stage grain growth

Sintering is the process whereby interparticle pores in a granular material are eliminated by atomic diffusion driven by capillary forces. It is the preferred manufacturing method for industrial ceramics. The observation of Burke and Coble that certain crystalline granular solids could gain full density and translucency by solid-state sintering was an important milestone for modern technical ceramics. But these final-stage sintering processes are always accompanied by rapid grain growth, because the capillary driving forces for sintering (involving surfaces) and grain growth (involving grain boundaries) are comparable in magnitude, both being proportional to the reciprocal grain size. This has greatly hampered efforts to produce dense materials with nanometre-scale structure (grain size less than 100 nm), leading many researchers to resort to the 'brute force' approach of high-pressure consolidation at elevated temperatures. Here we show that fully dense cubic Y2O3 (melting point, 2,439 degrees C) with a grain size of 60 nm can be prepared by a simple two-step sintering method, at temperatures of about 1,000 degrees C without applied pressure. The suppression of the final-stage grain growth is achieved by exploiting the difference in kinetics between grain-boundary diffusion and grain-boundary migration. Such a process should facilitate the cost-effective preparation of other nanocrystalline materials for practical applications.     

Fishtail phenomenon in Ho-added PMP YBCO

The Y 1-xHo xBa-2Cu-3O y superconductors were fabricated by the powder melting process (PMP) method and the magnetic hysteresis loops of these samples were measured at different temperatures by a SQUID magnetometer (up to 7 T). Critical current density was calculated by the Bean critical state model. The results indicate that the fishtail effect is observed in Y 0.6Ho 0.4Ba-2Cu-3O y below 60 K, while no fishtail can be found in Y 0.8Ho 0.2Ba-2Cu-3O y until 30 K. The peak field at which J c reaches its maximum decreases with the increasing magnetic field. In the Y 0.6Ho 0.4Ba-2Cu-3O y sample, the fishtail effect disappears when the temperature is raised to 77 K. In addition, after the Y 0.6Ho 0.4Ba-2Cu-3O y sample was re-sintered at high temperature for a long time, the fishtail can be found in two field directions (H∥C and H⊥C). It is considered that the paramagnetism in the sample may be responsible for the fishtail effect in Ho-added YBCO. Also, the cation disorder created by Ho addition may be another reason for the fishtail.     

Two-dimensional geometry of spin excitations in the high-transition-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O6+x

The fundamental building block of the copper oxide superconductors is a Cu4O4 square plaquette. The plaquettes in most of these materials are slightly distorted to form a rectangular lattice, for which an influential theory predicts that high-transition-temperature (high-T(c)) superconductivity is nucleated in 'stripes' aligned along one of the axes. This theory received strong support from experiments that indicated a one-dimensional character for the magnetic excitations in the high-T(c) material YBa2Cu3O6.6 (ref. 4). Here we report neutron scattering data on 'untwinned' YBa2Cu3O6+x crystals, in which the orientation of the rectangular lattice is maintained throughout the entire volume. Contrary to the earlier claim, we demonstrate that the geometry of the magnetic fluctuations is two-dimensional. Rigid stripe arrays therefore appear to be ruled out over a wide range of doping levels in YBa2Cu3O6+x, but the data may be consistent with liquid-crystalline stripe order. The debate about stripes has therefore been reopened.     

The structure of the high-energy spin excitations in a high-transition-temperature superconductor

In conventional superconductors, lattice vibrations (phonons) mediate the attraction between electrons that is responsible for superconductivity. The high transition temperatures (high-T(c)) of the copper oxide superconductors has led to collective spin excitations being proposed as the mediating excitations in these materials. The mediating excitations must be strongly coupled to the conduction electrons, have energy greater than the pairing energy, and be present at T(c). The most obvious feature in the magnetic excitations of high-T(c) superconductors such as YBa2Cu3O6+x is the so-called 'resonance'. Although the resonance may be strongly coupled to the superconductivity, it is unlikely to be the main cause, because it has not been found in the La2-x(Ba,Sr)(x)CuO4 family and is not universally present in Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta (ref. 9). Here we use inelastic neutron scattering to characterize possible mediating excitations at higher energies in YBa2Cu3O6.6. We observe a square-shaped continuum of excitations peaked at incommensurate positions. These excitations have energies greater than the superconducting pairing energy, are present at T(c), and have spectral weight far exceeding that of the 'resonance'. The discovery of similar excitations in La2-xBa(x)CuO4 (ref. 10) suggests that they are a general property of the copper oxides, and a candidate for mediating the electron pairing.     

Quasi-particle injection into YBa2Cu3O7-δ micro-bridge

The perspectives of fast three-terminal (3T) super- conducting devices with considerable gain have triggered many research activities on suppression of superconductivity; especially on that in high-Tc superconductors[1—3] and many achievements have been obtained. Unfortunately, certain factors such as current superposition and heating are overlooked in some experiments, thus leaving much room for improvement. With YBCO micro-bridges, we have looked at quasiparticle injections in the forms o…     

晶体相场法模拟小角度晶界的位错结构及其演化

采用晶体相场模型模拟小角度晶界结构和在外加应力作用下晶界、位错的演化过程,从位错的运动形式、体系自由能与应变关系等角度,讨论晶界位错运动和湮没过程。结果表明:在稳定的小角度晶界中,位错间距与位向差成反比。位错和晶界区域具有较高的能量密度;外加应力会导致一个位错组脱离晶界而分解成两个位错组,且有诱发晶界湮没的趋势;晶界湮没过程可以出现4个阶段或2个阶段,且存在敏感位向差角,位向差稍高于5.85°时晶界湮没过程呈4个阶段,位向差稍低于5.85°时晶界湮没过程呈2个阶段;位向差越小,晶界湮没过程越简单快捷。     

Ti-15-3合金中短裂纹萌生与扩展的微观机理

利用扫描电镜(SEM)和背散射电子衍射(EBSD)技术研究了Ti-15-3合金中晶粒取向差对短裂纹萌生与扩展的影响.结果表明:在Ti-15-3合金中,98%相邻晶粒之间的取向差大于10°;相邻晶粒中,大的晶粒取向差有利于短裂纹的萌生,小的晶粒取向差有利于短裂纹的扩展;短裂纹的尖端方向与下一个晶粒的滑移带方向夹角大于35°时,裂纹穿过此晶粒时容易发生曲折,走"Z"字形路线;小于35°,裂纹沿着滑移带方向扩展;短裂纹尖端扩展到晶界时,如果裂纹尖端方向与晶界的方向之间的夹角小于35°,裂纹沿晶扩展;大于35°,裂纹穿晶扩展.     

Y2Ba4CuBiOx掺杂对单畴YBCO块材性能的影响

本文采用顶部籽晶熔融织构法(TSMTG)成功地将纳米Y2Ba4CuBiOx(YBi2411)引入了YBCO超导块材,研究了YBi2411掺杂量对单畴YBCO超导块材晶体生长形貌和磁悬浮力的影响.结果表明,YBi2411在YBCO超导块材中呈现出直径约100 nm～200 nm的纳米点状粒子和直径约100 nm～200nm,长约2μm的纳米棒状粒子.当YBi2411添加量x≤8 wt%时,样品均可长成完整的单畴YBCO超导块材,样品的磁悬浮力随着YBi2411掺杂量的增加而增大;当x≥8 wt%时,样品均可长成一定的单畴区,但随着YBi2411掺杂量的增加,YBCO超导块材的单畴区域逐渐减小,且随机成核现象越来越严重,同时磁悬浮力逐渐减小;当x=8 wt%时,样品磁悬浮力最大.在此基础上,结合超导材料的微观形貌,分析了YBi2411掺杂量对单畴YBCO超导块材磁悬浮力的影响.     

Hg系新高Tc超导体研究

我们制备了新高Ｔｃ Ｈｇ－Ｂａ－Ｃａ－Ｃｕ超导氧化物系,并用Ｘ－ｒａｙ衍射、ＴＥＭ、磁化率及电阻等实验测量对它们进行了研究。由ＴＥＭ观察,证实了在ＨＢＣＣＯ系中存在Ｈｇ－１２０１相,Ｈｇ－１２１２相和Ｈｇ－１２２３相。用高－Ｑ振动子技术,对ＨｇＢａ２ＣｕＯ４＋ｙ样品作了与磁通点阵运动有关的力学测量,从而估计出该样品的不可逆线的形状。我们还对Ｈｇ－１２２３样品作了事后退火处理研究,在氧气中退火可使该     

Abrupt onset of a second energy gap at the superconducting transition of underdoped Bi2212

The superconducting gap--an energy scale tied to the superconducting phenomena--opens on the Fermi surface at the superconducting transition temperature (T(c)) in conventional BCS superconductors. In underdoped high-T(c) superconducting copper oxides, a pseudogap (whose relation to the superconducting gap remains a mystery) develops well above T(c) (refs 1, 2). Whether the pseudogap is a distinct phenomenon or the incoherent continuation of the superconducting gap above T(c) is one of the central questions in high-T(c) research. Although some experimental evidence suggests that the two gaps are distinct, this issue is still under intense debate. A crucial piece of evidence to firmly establish this two-gap picture is still missing: a direct and unambiguous observation of a single-particle gap tied to the superconducting transition as function of temperature. Here we report the discovery of such an energy gap in underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+delta in the momentum space region overlooked in previous measurements. Near the diagonal of Cu-O bond direction (nodal direction), we found a gap that opens at T(c) and has a canonical (BCS-like) temperature dependence accompanied by the appearance of the so-called Bogoliubov quasi-particles, a classical signature of superconductivity. This is in sharp contrast to the pseudogap near the Cu-O bond direction (antinodal region) measured in earlier experiments.     

分子筛催化剂制备条件对催化转化NO的影响

采用浸渍法制备Cu_Na_ZSM_5催化剂 ,用C3H6 作还原剂 ,考察了贫燃条件下不同Cu2 +担载量、不同硅铝的量比和不同焙烧温度对Cu_Na_ZSM_5催化剂上选择还原NO的活性影响 ,并与Cu_SAPO_1 1、Cu_SAPO_34和Cu_Al2 O3进行比较 .实验结果表明 ,硅铝量比为2 5、担载Cu2 +的质量分数为 3%、 5 0 0℃焙烧制得的Cu_Na_ZSM_5分子筛催化剂具有较好的催化活性 ,反应温度为 350℃时 ,NO转化率高达 94. 3% .     

Magnetic-field-induced charge-stripe order in the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3Oy

Electronic charges introduced in copper-oxide (CuO(2)) planes generate high-transition-temperature (T(c)) superconductivity but, under special circumstances, they can also order into filaments called stripes. Whether an underlying tendency towards charge order is present in all copper oxides and whether this has any relationship with superconductivity are, however, two highly controversial issues. To uncover underlying electronic order, magnetic fields strong enough to destabilize superconductivity can be used. Such experiments, including quantum oscillations in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(y) (an extremely clean copper oxide in which charge order has not until now been observed) have suggested that superconductivity competes with spin, rather than charge, order. Here we report nuclear magnetic resonance measurements showing that high magnetic fields actually induce charge order, without spin order, in the CuO(2) planes of YBa(2)Cu(3)O(y). The observed static, unidirectional, modulation of the charge density breaks translational symmetry, thus explaining quantum oscillation results, and we argue that it is most probably the same 4a-periodic modulation as in stripe-ordered copper oxides. That it develops only when superconductivity fades away and near the same 1/8 hole doping as in La(2-x)Ba(x)CuO(4) (ref.?1) suggests that charge order, although visibly pinned by CuO chains in YBa(2)Cu(3)O(y), is an intrinsic propensity of the superconducting planes of high-T(c) copper oxides.     

激光扫描淀积原位生长高TC超导薄膜

用激光束扫描淀积的方法，成功地在ＺｒＯ２（Ｙ），ＬａＡｌＯ３基片原位生长高质量的ＹＢａ２Ｃｕ３Ｏ７－ｘ高温超导薄膜，其临界温度达到９０Ｋ以上，ＳＥＭ及ＸＲＤ分析表明，薄膜沿Ｃ轴择优外延生长，其结晶性很好，表现光滑均匀。