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Grain Boundary Segregation and Thermal History Effects on Properties of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4-y Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Yet-Ming Chiang
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Alexana Roshko
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Brian D. Fabes
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Dominic K. Leung
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Jeri Ann S. Ikeda
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
David A. Rudman
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Michael J. Parker
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
John R. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
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Abstract

The grain boundary segregation of Sr in the La1.85Sr0.15CuO4-y system, and its effects on polycrystalline diamagnetic properties, have been characterized. Equilibration at 1000°C reduces grain boundary segregation compared to that which is present at 700°C. Results indicate that critical currents in randomly oriented polycrystalline materials will be improved if annealing treatments can be optimized to minimize grain boundary segregation without degrading lattice oxygen stoichiometry.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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