Synthesis and properties of a series of layered copper oxide superconductors with a (Pb0.5Cd0.5) rock-salt dopant layer

Effect of Pr substitution on the superconducting properties of (Pb0.5Cd0.5)SrLaCuOz

“…It can be seen that the a lattice parameter decreases and the c lattice parameter increases as the Pr-doping content x increases. The increase in the c lattice parameter with x seems to be consistent with the difference in ionic size [8] of Pr [4]. As the Pr-doping content increases, the samples with x = 0.05, 0.1, and 0.15 show a superconducting drop at about 24, 18 and 11 K, respectively.…”

“…1 and it has the simplest unit cell among the Pb-based layered cuprates. Later, Cu sites in the mono-layers of (Pb/Cu)-O were found to be replaced by Cd [4], Zn [4] and B [5]. However, few studies have been made to replace Pb by other elements except Hg [6].…”

London University Search Instrument: A Combinatorial Robot for High-Throughput Methods in Ceramic Science

“…In this pioneering approach, a robot was used to mix up to nine aqueous chelated solutions of oxide precursors over the full composition range . The robot synthesized over 18 000 samples and successfully generated a range of new cuprate superconductors. , These authors were quite modest about the methodological revolution in which they were engaged, and a cursory description of their method appeared only in the experimental details of their papers. It was not highlighted in the abstracts.…”

Synthesis and superconductivity of new layered oxides (Pb2-xSbx)Sr2(Y1-yCay)Cu3O8

“…In the leadbased 1212 phase cuprates the connecting layer is a single rock salt layer. Owing to the flexibility of the rock salt layer many cations have been doped into this layer [3,4] and a 1212 family was produced which was extensively investigated. In the lead-based 2212 phase and 3212 phase cuprates the connecting layer is the doublet PbO-Cu layer and the triple PbO-Cu-PbO layer, respectively.…”