Single crystals of LnFeAsO1-xFx (Ln = La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd) and Ba1-xRbxFe2As2: Growth, structure and superconducting properties

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 469, Issue 9-12, 2009, Pages 370-380

  Karpinski, J ^a   Zhigadlo, N D ^a   Katrych, S ^a   Bukowski, Z ^a   Moll, P ^a   Weyeneth, S ^b   Keller, H ^b   Puzniak, R ^c   Tortello, M ^d   Daghero, D ^d   Gonnelli, R ^d   Maggio Aprile, I ^e   Fasano, Y ^e,f   Fischer, O ^e   Rogacki, K ^g   Batlogg, B ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^d POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

^g INSTITUTE OF LOW TEMPERATURE AND STRUCTURE RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Crystal growth; High pressure; Pnictides; Superconductivity

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL TRANSPORTS; HIGH ENERGIES; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH-PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC PENETRATION DEPTHS; MAGNETIC TORQUES; PNICTIDES; QUARTZ AMPOULES; REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPIES; RESISTIVE TRANSITIONS; RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPIES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRUCTURAL PERFECTIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING GAPS; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENTS; TORQUE MAGNETOMETRIES; UPPER CRITICAL FIELDS;

BARIUM; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; GADOLINIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LANTHANUM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NEODYMIUM; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; RUBIDIUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 65549135682     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physc.2009.03.048     Document Type: Article

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