Growth and Characterization of Bulk Superconductor Material, 1st ed. 2016 Springer Series in Materials Science Series, Vol. 243
Auteurs : Chen Dapeng, Lin Chengtian, Maljuk Andrey, Zhou Fang
This book focuses on recently developed crystal growth techniques to grow large and high quality superconducting single crystals. The techniques applied are traveling solvent floating zone (TSFZ) with infrared image furnace, Bridgeman, solution/flux and top seeded solution growth (TSSG) methods. The materials range from cuprates, cobaltates to pnictides including La2CuO4-based (LCO), YBa2Cu3O7-d (YBCO), Bi2Sr2Can?1CunO2n+4+? (n=1,2,3) (BSCCO) to NaxCoO2. The modified Bridgman ?cold finger? method is devoted to the pnictide system with the best quality (transition width DTc~0.5 K) with highest Tc~38.5 K of Ba0.68K0.32Fe2A2. The book presents various iron-based superconductors with different structures, such as 1111, 122, 111, 11 and 42622,10-3-8. Detailed single crystal growth methods (fluxes, Bridgman, floating zone), the associated procedures and their impact to crystal size and quality are presented. The book also describes the influence of doping on the structure and the electric, magnetic, and superconducting properties of these compounds in a comparative study of different growth methods. It describes particularly under-, optimal and over-doped with oxygen cuprates (LCO, YBCO and BSCCO) and hole/electron/isovalently doped parent compounds AFe2As2 (A = Ba, Sr, Ca) (122), chalcogenides AxFe2-ySe2(A = K, Rb, Cs) (122), and Fe1-dTe1-xSex (11). A review of the current growth technologies and future growth efforts handling volatile and poisonous components are also presented.
Explains the basic concepts of crystal growth and crystal symmetry in superconductors
Suitable also for graduate students majoring in materials science, chemistry, and physics
Written by leading researchers in the field
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Date de parution : 05-2018
Ouvrage de 196 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Date de parution : 05-2016
Ouvrage de 196 p.
15.5x23.5 cm
Mots-clés :
Bridgeman Single Crystal Growth; Cuprate Superconductors; Doping of Superconductors; Growth Techniques for Superconductors; Iron-Based Superconductors; Rare-Earth Cuprates; Single Crystal Superconductors; Superconducting Single Crystals; Top Seeded Solution Growth Method; Traveling Solvent Floating Zone