Abstract

LANDINEZ-TELLEZ, D. A.; PENA-RODRIGUEZ, G.  and  ROA-ROJAS, J.. EFFECT OF PLANAR WEIGHT DISPARITY ON THE CONDUCTIVITY FLUCTUATIONS AND CRITICAL PARAMETERS IN THE RE _0.5Y_0.5Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d (RE=Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Eu, Yb). Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2010, vol.77, n.163, pp.234-238. ISSN 0012-7353.

Synthesis and conductivity characterization of the RE_0.5Y_0.5Ba₂Cu₃O_7-d (RE=Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Eu, Yb) superconducting materials are reported. Samples were produced by the standard solid state reaction method. Rietveld-like refinement of x-ray diffraction data permit to establish the crystalline appropriated distribution of rare earth and yttrium to create substantial planar weight disparity (PWD) in alternating layers. DC resistivity measurements reveal the improvement of the critical temperature (T_c) when substitution of exact 50-50 mix of rare earth (Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho, Eu, Yb) and Yttrium is performed. A bulk T_c ≈ 94.3 K was determined by the criterion of the maximum in the temperature derivative of electrical resistivity for the analyzed samples. The correlations of the critical exponents with the dimensionality of the fluctuation system for each Gaussian regime were performed by using the Aslamazov-Larkin theory. The genuinely critical exponent is interpreted by the 3D-XY model as corresponding with the dynamical universality class of the E-model.

Keywords : Superconductivity; planar weight disparity; rare earth substitution; conductivity fluctuations.

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