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Superconductivty and magnetic properties of $(Ru_{1-x}Nb_x)Sr_2(Sm_{1.4}Ce_{0.6})Cu_2O_z$

  • Lee, H.K. (Kangwon National University) ;
  • Bae, S.M. (Kangwon National University) ;
  • Lee, J.M. (Kangwon National University)
  • Received : 2013.07.16
  • Accepted : 2013.09.03
  • Published : 2013.09.30
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Abstract

We investigated the effect of Nb substitution for Ru on the structural and magnetic properties of $(Ru_{1-x}Nb_x)\;Sr_2(Sm_{1.4}Ce_{0.6})Cu_2O_z$ Samples. X-ray diffraction measurements indicated that nearly single-phase samples are formed in the range from x = 0 to 1.0. The superconducting transition temperature determined from the inflection in the field-cooled magnetic susceptibility decreased only slightly from $T_c$ = 25 K for x = 0 to $T_c$ = 22 K for x = 1.0, in consistent with the change in room temperature thermopower of the samples. However, the Nb substitution for Ru above x = 0.25 significantly suppressed the weak ferromagnetic component of the field-cooled magnetic susceptibility. It was also found that the Nb substitution for Ru results in an enhanced diamagnetic susceptibility with Nb content above x = 0.5 in both zero field-cooled and field-cooled magnetization measurements, in contrast to the behavior of the samples with $x{\leq}0.5$ in which the diamagnetic susceptibility decreases as the Nb content increases.

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