Dependence of superconducting properties on lattice strain in MgBâ‚‚

W. X. Li, R. Zeng, L. Lu, S. X. Dou

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    Abstract

    As a phonon-media superconductor, the superconducting properties of MgBâ‚‚ are very sensitive to the lattice parameters. Lattice strain has significant effects on the superconducting properties in MgBâ‚‚ superconductor. We have systematically studied the relationship between lattice strain and superconducting properties (such as critical temperature, Tc, the upper critical field, Hc2, the irreversibility field, Hirr, and hence the critical current density, Jc) in pure and different chemical doped MgBâ‚‚ samples. In contrast to the common practice of improving the Jc and Hc2 of MgBâ‚‚ through chemical substitution, by taking advantage of residual thermal strains we are able to design a composite, which shows only a small drop in Tc and little increase in resistivity, but a significant improvement over the Jc and Hc2 of MgBâ‚‚.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity (M2S-IX): Tokyo, Japan, September 7 - 12, 2009
    PublisherElsevier
    PagesS629-S630
    Number of pages2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    EventInternational Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2010 → …

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    ISSN (Print)0921-4534

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity
    Period1/01/10 → …

    Keywords

    • MgB₂
    • density
    • superconductivity
    • thermal strain

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