Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 1991

Publication Title

Journal de Physique IV

Volume

1

Issue Number

C5

First Page

325

Last Page

330

DOI

10.1051/jp4:1991537

Keywords

Interaction, Pyridine, Ba2CaSr2Cu20x

Disciplines

Chemistry | Physical Chemistry

Abstract

The adsorption of of pyridine on single crystals of Bi2CaSr2Cu2Ox has been followed by optical microscopy on the crystal surface, where a blue solution is formed as a first step of reaction. The superconducting properties of the single crystal and its structure were monitored by ac susceptibility and by x-ray diffraction measurements. The results (as observed by the growth of the blue solution boundary versus time with Daa = 3.7x10-10 cm2/s.) indicate that the reaction starts at nucleation sites on the basal surface of the crystal. The edges of the crystal also show blue nucleation sites but these do not grow with time. The changes in the ac susceptibility indicate that the superconducting volume has increased. This can be explained by the intercalation of pyridine, although the x-ray data are not very conclusive.

Comments

This is a postprint of an article in Journal de Physique IVpublished by EDP Sciences.The version of record can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:1991537

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