Size effect on the superconducting transition of embedded lead particles in an AlCuV amorphous matrix
Appl. Phys. Lett. 75, 1527 (1999); doi:10.1063/1.124744
Issue Date: 13 September 1999
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We have synthesized specimens of nanometric lead dispersion in a glassy AlCuV matrix by rapid solidification of the corresponding melt. The microstructure has been designed to avoid superconducting percolation due to coupling of the neighboring particles by the proximity effect. Using these specimens, we have determined quantitatively the effect of size of the ultrafine lead particles on the superconducting transition. ©1999 American Institute of Physics.
| History: | Received 28 April 1999; accepted 13 July 1999 |
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KEYWORDS and PACS
size effect,
rapid solidification,
proximity effect (superconductivity),
superconducting transitions,
nanostructured materials,
metallic glasses,
aluminium alloys,
copper alloys,
vanadium alloys,
glass structure,
lead,
electron microscopy
- 74.62.Bf
Superconductivity Transition temperature variations Effects of material synthesis, crystal structure, and chemical composition - 74.70.Ad
Superconductivity Superconducting materials (excluding high-Tc compounds) Metals; alloys and binary compounds (including A15, Laves phases, etc.) - 74.80.Bj
Superconductivity Spatially inhomogeneous structures Granular, melt-textured, and amorphous superconductors; powders - 64.70.Dv
Equations of state, phase equilibria, and phase transitions Specific phase transitions Solidliquid transitions - 81.30.Fb
Materials science Phase diagrams and microstructures developed by solidification and solidsolid phase transformations Solidification - 74.50.+r
Superconductivity Proximity effects, weak links, tunneling phenomena, and Josephson effects - 61.46.+w
Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography Clusters, nanoparticles, and nanocrystalline materials - 61.43.Fs
Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography Disordered solids Glasses - YEAR: 1999
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