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The decomposition and the reformation of the (Bi,Pb)2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+d (?Bi,Pb(2223)?) phase have been investigated in-situ by means of High-Temperature Neutron Diffraction, both in sintered bulk samples and in Ag-sheathed monofilamentary tapes. Several decomposition experiments were performed at various temperatures and under various annealing atmospheres, under flowing gas as well as in sealed tubes, in order to study the appropriate conditions for Bi,Pb(2223) formation from the melt. The Bi,Pb(2223) phase was found to melt incongruently into (Ca,Sr)2CuO3, (Sr,Ca)14Cu24O41 and a Pb,Bi-rich liquid phase. Phase reformation after melting was successfully obtained both in bulk samples and Ag-sheathed tapes. The possibility of crystallising the Bi,Pb(2223) phase from the melt was found to be extremely sensitive to the temperature and strongly dependent on the Pb losses. The study of the mass losses due to Pb evaporation was complemented by thermogravimetric analysis which proved that Pb losses are responsible for moving away from equilibrium and therefore hinder the reformation of the Bi,Pb(2223) phase from the melt. Thanks to the full pattern profile refinement, a quantitative phase analysis was carried out as a function of time and temperature and the role of the secondary phases was investigated. Lattice distortions and/or transitions were found to occur at high temperature in Bi,Pb(2223), Bi,Pb(2212), (Ca,Sr)2CuO3 and (Sr,Ca)14Cu24O41, due to cation diffusion and stoichiometry changes. The results indicate that it is possible to form the Bi,Pb(2223) phase from a liquid close to equilibrium conditions, like Bi(2212) and Bi(2201), and open new unexplored perspectives for high-quality Ag-sheathed Bi,Pb(2223) tape processing.
High-quality Bi$_{2-x}$Pb$_{x}$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+delta}$ (Bi2212) single crystals have been successfully grown by the traveling solvent floating zone technique with a wide range of Pb substitution ($x=0-0.8$). The samples are characterized by transmission electron microscope (TEM) and measured by high resolution laser-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) with different photon energies. A systematic evolution of the electronic structure and superstructure with Pb substitution has been revealed for the first time. The superstructure shows a significant change with Pb substitution and the incommensurate modulation vector ($textbf{Q}$) decreases with increasing Pb substitution. In the meantime, the superstructure intensity from ARPES measurements also decreases dramatically with increasing Pb concentration. The superstructure in Bi2212 can be effectively suppressed by Pb substitution and it nearly disappears with a Pb substitution of $x=0.8$. We also find that the superstructure bands in ARPES measurements depend sensitively on the photon energy of lasers used; they can become even stronger than the main band when using a laser photon energy of 10.897 eV. These results provide important information on the origin of the incommensurate superstructure and its control and suppression in bismuth-based high temperature superconductors.
We have first used the aquesous KMnO4 solutions to de-intercalate and oxideze gamma-phase of Na0.7CoO2 and successfully form the superconductive phase of cobalt oxyhydrate hydrates (Na,K)xCoO2.yH2O with Tc=3.2-4.6K based on the magnetization measurements. The higher molar ratio of KMnO4/Na used to treat Na0.7CoO2 results in more removal of Na+ and leads to a partial or even complete replacement of K+ for Na+. The low molar ratio of KMnO4/Na forms a superconductive phase with the c-axis ca. 19.6 angstrom, whereas the high molar ratio of KMnO4/Na forms a non-superconductive phase with teh c-axis ca. 13.9 angstrom. The superconductive 19.6 angstrom phase is unstable with respect to the ambient air in terms of losing water molecule from the structure; nevertheless, the dehydration/hydration process is reversible when storing the sample in a chamber with sufficient humidity.
The results of studies of supercooling upon crystallization value of Bi, Sn and Pb nanosized particles on the Al substrate and between the Al layers have been presented. It has been shown the efficiency of usage of layered film systems for investigation of the limiting supercooling in particle-matrix systems with an eutectic type of interaction between components. The obtained results have been discussed and compared with literature data. ----- Predstavleny rezultaty issledovanij pereohlazhdenij pri kristallizacii nanorazmernyh chastic Bi, Sn i Pb na Al podlozhke i mezhdu sloyami alyuminiya. Pokazana effektivnost ispolzovaniya sloistyh plenochnyh sistem dlya issledovaniya predelnogo pereohlazhdeniya v sistemah chastica-matrica s evtekticheskim tipom vzaimodejstviya mezhdu komponentami. Poluchennye rezultaty obsuzhdeny i sopostavleny s literaturnymi dannymi.
The thermodynamic $H-T$ phase diagram of Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_8$ was mapped by measuring local emph{equilibrium} magnetization $M(H,T)$ in presence of vortex `shaking. Two equally sharp first-order magnetization steps are revealed in a single temperature sweep, manifesting a liquid-solid-liquid sequence. In addition, a second-order glass transition line is revealed by a sharp break in the equilibrium $M(T)$ slope. The first- and second-order lines intersect at intermediate temperatures, suggesting the existence of four phases: Bragg glass and vortex crystal at low fields, glass and liquid at higher fields.
High-entropy-alloy-type tellurides M-Te, which contain five different metals of M = Ag, In, Cd, Sn, Sb, Pb, and Bi, were synthesized using high pressure synthesis. Structural characterization revealed that all the obtained samples have a cubic NaCl-type structure. Six samples, namely AgCdSnSbPbTe5, AgInSnSbPbTe5, AgCdInSnSbTe5, AgCdSnPbBiTe5, AgCdInPbBiTe5, and AgCdInSnBiTe5 showed superconductivity. The highest transition temperature (Tc) among those samples was 1.4 K for AgInSnSbPbTe5. A sample of AgCdInSbPbTe5 showed a semiconductor-like transport behavior. From the relationship between Tc and lattice constant, it was found that a higher Tc is observed for a telluride with a larger lattice constant.