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Growth of R-123 Phase Single Crystal Whiskers

Masanori Nagao^1,2,, Mitsunori Sato², Yukitake Tachiki², Kinya Miyagawa², Masaki Tanaka², Hiroshi Maeda³, Kyung Sung Yun¹, Yoshihiko Takano¹ and Takeshi Hatano¹

¹National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba 305-0047, Japan
²Kitami Institute of Technology, 165 Koen-cho, Kitami 090-8507, Japan
³National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310, U.S.A.

(Received November 10, 2003; accepted January 5, 2004; published February 13, 2004)

Single-crystal whiskers of R₁Ba₂Cu₃O_x (R-123, R = La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu) phase have been successfully grown by the Te- and Ca-doping method. The whiskers were grown from precursor pellets at just below their partial melting (peritectic) temperatures. The nominal composition of the R-123 whiskers is R_1+uBa_2+vCa_wCu₃O_x (u+v+w=0, w>0) with R and/or Ba sites being substituted by Ca. However, the amount of Te was less than the analytical limit. The critical temperatures of the R-123 whiskers were around 80 K, and among these whiskers those with larger R ionic radii such as Dy, Gd, Eu and Sm require post-annealing in an oxygen atmosphere.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/43/L324/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.43.L324

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