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We have succeeded in synthesizing single-phase polycrystalline samples of oxygen-deficient oxypnictide superconductors, LnFeAsO1-y (Ln: lanthanide elements) with Ln=La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy using high-pressure synthesis technique. It is found out that the synthesis pressure is the most important parameter for synthesizing single-phase samples, in particular for the heavier Ln?s, such as Tb and Dy. The lattice parameters systematically decrease with the atomic number of Ln, reflecting the shrinkage of Ln ionic radius. For the lighter Ln?s (La, Ce, Pr, Nd), Tc increases monotonously with decreasing the lattice parameters from 26K for Ln=La to 54K for Ln=Nd, then stays at the constant value around 53K for the heavier counterpart (Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb and Dy). The results suggest the intimate relationship between the crystal structural parameters and the superconductivity on the one hand, as well as the possible existence of the inherent maximum Tc on the other, which is located around 50 K in the LnFeAsO based materials.
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Single crystals of the LnFeAsO (Ln1111, Ln = Pr, Nd, and Sm) family with lateral dimensions up to 1 mm were grown from NaAs and KAs flux at high pressure. The crystals are of good structural quality and become superconducting when O is partially substituted by F (PrFeAsO1-xFx and NdFeAsO1-xFx) or when Fe is substituted by Co (SmFe1-xCoxAsO). From magnetization measurements, we estimate the temperature dependence and anisotropy of the upper critical field and the critical current density of underdoped PrFeAsO0.7F0.3 crystal with Tc = 25 K. Single crystals of SmFe1-xCoxAsO with maximal Tc up to 16.3 K for x = 0.08 were grown for the first time. From transport and magnetic measurements we estimate the critical fields and their anisotropy, and find these superconducting properties to be quite comparable to the ones in SmFeAsO1-xFx with a much higher Tc of = 50 K. The magnetically measured critical current densities are as high as 109 A/m2 at 2 K up to 7 T, with indication of the usual fishtail effect. The upper critical field estimated from resistivity measurements is anisotropic with slopes of -8.7 T/K (H // ab-plane) and -1.7 T/K (H // c-axis). This anisotropy (= 5) is similar to that in other Ln1111 crystals with various higher Tc s.
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