Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2004-08-16
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
15 pages of Text and Figs. Accepted in Physica C
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physc.2004.10.003
Samples of Y0.4Pr0.6Ba2-xSrxCu3O7 have been synthesized by a solid- state reaction route. The samples with x = 0.60 crystallize in an orthorhombic structure (with orthorhombic distortion decreasing with increasing x), while the samples with x=0.80 and 1.0 crystallize in a pseudo tetragonal structure. Resistance (R) measurements as a function of temperature (T) show that x = 0.0 sample is highly semiconducting with R2K/R300K ratio of ~ 65. This ratio decreases to only ~23 and 5 for x=0.20 and x=0.4 samples, respectively. Further, the x=0.60 sample shows onset of a broad superconducting transition temperature (Tconset) at around 20 K without achieving the TcR=0 state down to 2 K. The TcR=0 state is observed in x = 0.80 and 1.00 samples at around 5 and 14 K, respectively. Thermo-electric power (S), also exhibits TcS~0 state at around 11 K and 16 K, respectively for x = 0.8 and 1.00 samples. Thermo electric power at room temperature is positive and decreases with increasing x, indicating enhanced number of mobile holes. These results demonstrate that substitution of Sr at Ba-site systematically induces metallicity and eventually superconductivity in Y0.4Pr0.6Ba2-xSrxCu3O7 system. The results are explained on the basis of reduced Pr(4f) orbital hybridization with O(2p) in supercondu cting Cu-O2 planes, resulting in delocalization of the mobile carriers. The role of decreased Pr/Ba intermixing disorder is also considered.
Ansari M. A.
Awana* V. P. S.
Buddhikot Devendra
Ganesan Venkat
Gupta Anurag
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