GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BULK SUPERCONDUCTOR MATERIAL

By F. ALORA

CONTENTS (M=BA, SR, CA) INTRODUCTION PHASE DIAGRAM AND DISTRIBUTION COEF?CIENT OF DOPANTS IN LA2CUO4 TRAVELLING-SOLVENT FLOATING-ZONE (TSFZ) TECHNIQUE TSFZ GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LA2?XMXCUO4 DOPING EFFECT ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY: 1/8 ANOMALY IN LA2?XBAXCUO4 AND MAGIC DOPING CONCENTRATIONS IN LA2?XSRXCUO4 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES YBCO AND SOME OTHER RARE EARTH CUPRATES PHASE DIAGRAM AND RE-123 FERROELASTIC DETWINNING DEFECTS AND ETCH PITS IN Y-123 FLUX GROWTH OF PURE AND DOPED Y-124 BI-BASED HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS UNDOPED BI-2201 COMPOUND MATERIAL CHEMISTRY FLUX GROWTH FLOATING ZONE (FZ) GROWTH OF LARGE CRYSTALS LA-DOPED BI-2201 FZ GROWTH SUPERCONDUCTIVITY PB-DOPED BI-2201 POST GROWTH ANNEALING AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY BI-2212 COMPOUND BRIDGMAN GROWTH FZ GROWTH OF LARGE-SIZE CRYSTALS BI-2223 COMPOUND MAIN GROWTH DIF?CULTIES AND NAXCOO2YH2O TWO-LAYER NAXCOO2 SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH MELTING BEHAVIOR OF TWO-LAYER NAXCOO2 SODIUM EXTRACTION AND HYDRATION HYDRATION DYNAMICS DEINTERCALATION PROCESS THREE-LAYER NAXCOO2 CRYSTAL STRUCTURE SODIUM COBALT OXYHYDRATES SUPERCONDUCTOR SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND PHASE DIAGRAM CONCLUSION CRYSTAL GROWTH AND CHARACTERIZATION OF IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTOR 122 TYPE AFE2AS2 (A=BA, SR) SINGLE CRYSTAL GROWTH BY THE FLUX METHOD FEATURES OF K DOPED CRYSTALS GROWN FROM SN FLUX AND SELF-?UX ELECTRON/HOLE-DOPED BAFE2?XMXAS2 (M=MN, CR, CO, AND NI) CRYSTAL STRUCTURE AND SEGREGATION COEF?CIENT ANNEALING EFFECT ON THE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY ISOVALENTLY DOPED BAFE2(AS1?XPX)2 SINGLE CRYSTALS GROWN BY THE BRIDGMAN METHOD (A=K, RB AND CS) MICROSTRUCTURE AND PHASE SEPARATION 11 TYPE IRON CHALCOGENIDES BINARY FESE CRYSTAL GROWTH BY FLUX AND TSFZ METHODS FE1??TE1?XSEX CRYSTALS GROWN BY THE BRIDGMAN AND SELF-?UX METHOD 111 TYPE OF AFEPN (A=LI AND NA; PN=P AND AS) 1111 TYPE OF LN(O/F)FEPN (LN=RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; PN=P AND AS) 11111-TYPE (LI1?XFEX)OHFE1–YSE AND ITS IMPLICATION FOR IRON-BASED FAMILY ELECTRONIC PHASE DIAGRAM CRYSTAL SYNTHESIS VIA ION/CLUSTER EXCHANGE AND STRONG TWO DIMENSIONALITY RECENT RESULTS BY ARPES AND STS