Synthesis and Characterization of BaFe2As2 Single Crystals Grown by In-flux Technique



Document title: Synthesis and Characterization of BaFe2As2 Single Crystals Grown by In-flux Technique
Journal: Brazilian journal of physics
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000361841
ISSN: 0103-9733
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Fisica "Gleb Wataghin", Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Ministerio da Ciencia, Tecnologia e Inovacao, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
3Universidade Federal de Goias, Instituto de Fisica, Goiania, Goias. Brasil
4University of California, Irvine, California. Estados Unidos de América
5Universidade Federal do ABC, Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Humanas, Santo Andre, Sao Paulo. Brasil
6Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida. Estados Unidos de América
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Season: Ago
Volumen: 43
Number: 4
Pages: 223-229
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract We report a detailed characterization of BaFe2 As2 single crystals grown by a metallic In-flux technique, an alternative to well-established growth routes using FeAs self- or Sn-flux. Electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, nuclear magnetic resonance, and energy dispersive spectroscopy measurements showed no evidence of flux incorporation. More importantly, our results demonstrate that BaFe2As2 single crystals grown by In-flux have extremely high quality. To explore the efficiency of the In-flux growth method, we have also prepared nearly optimally doped superconducting samples of Ba(Fe1−xMx )2As2 (M = Co, Cu, Ni, and Ru). Among other interesting features, this alternative chemical substitution method has led to enhancement of the maximum Tc for most dopings
Disciplines: Física y astronomía
Keyword: Física de materia condensada,
Antiferromagnetos,
Superconductividad,
Crecimiento de cristales
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Condensed matter physics,
Antiferromagnets,
Superconductivity,
Crystal growth
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