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Bulk Superconductivity in La2CuO4

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

J. E. Schirber
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
E. L. Venturini
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
B. Morosin
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
J. F. Kwak
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
D. S. Ginley
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
R. J. Baughman
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, P. O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185
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There is considerable interest in the interplay, of superconductivity and magnetism in La2CuO4. Several groups [1–3] have noted signs of superconductivity in nominal La2CuO4, and antiferromagnetism has been reported[4] in La2CuO4-y with y>0. The superconductivity previously reported was of a filamentary nature because although resistance drops to near zero were observed, only small Meissner effects (∼10-3 to 10-4 of perfect diamagnetism) were observed. In this paper we describe our studies of. ceramic samples of La2CuO4-y, loaded with oxygen by high pressure. This technique results in substantial incorporation of O2 in the material (of the order of 0.3 to 0.4% by weight) and in gross changes in the bulk resistivity and magnetization as well as discernable changes in the lattice parameters of the material.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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