Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2005-11-08
Physica C 433, 50 (2005)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Physica C (in press)
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2005.09.013
In this work we present the study of the elastic properties of polycrystalline samples of superconducting YBa_2Cu_3O_7 prepared by the sol-gel method. The quality of all samples was checked by x-ray diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy while their physical properties were verified by transport and magnetic measurements. The elastic study was performed using the standard pulse-echo technique through measuring the phase velocity and the attenuation of ultrasonic waves (in the range of a few MHz) as a function of temperature. We have focused this study on the low temperatures interval (T < 200K). The obtained results show a strong hysteretic behavior in the ultrasonic attenuation (in addition to usually observed hysteretic behavior for the velocity) which strongly supports the existence of a martensitic-like phase above the superconducting critical temperature T_C. We argue that this peculiar behavior can be attributed to the granularity present in the samples.
Araujo-Moreira Fernando M.
Cardoso C. A.
Lanfredi A. J. C.
Mombru Alvaro W.
Moreno-Gobbi A.
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