Evidence for Supercurrent Connectivity in Conglomerate Particles in NdFeAsO1-d

Details Evidence for Supercurrent Connectivity in Conglomerate Particles in NdFeAsO1-d Evidence for Supercurrent Connectivity in Conglomerate Particles in NdFeAsO1-d

2008-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/0806.0828v1

Supercond. Sci. Technol. 21, 092004 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

11 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-2048/21/9/092004

Here we use global and local magnetometry and Hall probe imaging to investigate the electromagnetic connectivity of the superconducting current path in the oxygen-deficient fluorine-free Nd-based oxypnictides. High resolution transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy show strongly-layered crystallites, evidence for a ~ 5nm amorphous oxide around individual particles, and second phase neodymium oxide which may be responsible for the large paramagnetic background at high field and at high temperatures. From global magnetometry and electrical transport measurements it is clear that there is a small supercurrent flowing on macroscopic sample dimensions (mm), with a lower bound for the average (over this length scale) critical current density of the order of 103 A/cm2. From magnetometry of powder samples and local Hall probe imaging of a single large conglomerate particle ~120 microns it is clear that on smaller scales, there is better current connectivity with a critical current density of the order of 5 x 104 A/cm2. We find enhanced flux creep around the second peak anomaly in the magnetisation curve and an irreversibility line significantly below Hc2(T) as determined by ac calorimetry.

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