Applied Physics Letters · 1989 · 11 citations · 9 references
Natural SciencesMaterials EngineeringMaterials ScienceCondensed Matter PhysicsSemiconductor MaterialsSolid State PhysicsHigh-temperature MaterialsPowder ProcessingSemiconducting MaterialsSemiconductor PhysicsSinteringSuperconducting MaterialsCuprate SuperconductorsHigh-temperature SuperconductivityHigh-temperature SuperconductorsMelt ProcessingSuperconducting CeramicsSuperconducting Critical Temperature
A high quality, dense Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductor has been successfully synthesized by rapid thermal melt processing. Conventionally sintered pellets were melted at 1200 °C, cooled rapidly, and then annealed. As-melted samples exhibited semiconductor behavior, which upon annealing became superconducting at 115 K [Tc(zero)=105 K]. A detailed study of various processing techniques has been carried out.
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Stabilisation of 110 K superconducting phase in BiSrCaCuO Pb substitution
Huan Liu, Shi Xue Dou, N. Savvides et al. · Physica C Superconductivity · 1989 · 51 citations
Properties of Pb-Doped Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors
Eiji Yanagisawa, D.R. Dietderich, Hiroaki Kumakura et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 1988 · 46 citations