Adoption of powder-in-tube method to fabricatesuperconducting wire can realize a large application ofNb3Al prepared by powder metallurgy. Powder metallurgywas used to synthesize Nb3Al under various heat-treatmentconditions, annealing temperature was varied from 700 to1,000 C and heating time was varied from 10 to 50 h.X-ray diffraction patterns reveal that a reaction between Nband Al took place and formed NbAl3 phase. Under currentheat-treatment conditions （annealing temperature wasvaried from 700 to 1,000 C and heating time was variedfrom 10 to 50 h）, NbAl3 was so stable that it did not furtherreact with the unreacted Nb and was not sensitive to theheat-treatment condition. By mechanical alloying, adoptionof high-energy ball milling significantly decreases particlesize and enhances surface free energy, which promotes theformation of Nb3Al phase. X-ray diffraction patternsindicate that relatively pure Nb3Al phase was obtainedunder the same heat-treatment condition. Energy-dispersiveX-ray analysis measurement demonstrates that theobtained samples were close to the right stoichiometry ofA15 structure Nb3Al.
Zhao LiuYongliang ChenLupeng DuPingyuan LiYajing CuiXifeng PanGuo Yan
Topological insulators are insulating in the bulkbut have metallic surface states. Its unique physicochemicalproperties can find numerous applications in electronics,spintronics, photonics, the energy sciences, and thesignal control of transportation. We report an experimentalapproach to synthesize the high-quality single crystal oftopological insulator Bi2Te3 by using self-flux method. Weobtained the optimal preparation conditions by adjustingthe parameters of heat treatment, and successfully preparedthe single-crystal Bi2Te3 sample. The as-grown sampleshave a surface with bright metallic luster and are soft andfragile. Furthermore, Bi2Te3 has the obvious layer structurefrom SEM results. The data of X-ray diffraction andscanning electron microscope show that Bi2Te3 singlecrystal grows along the c-axis with the order of Te（1）–Bi–Te（2）–Bi–Te（1） and crystallizes in the hexagonal systemwith space group of R/3 m. The q–T curve shows that qdecreases with temperature, showing metallic behaviorover the whole temperature range.
Magnetoresistive sensor can be widely used in modem transportation field, such as the vehicle positioning and navigation system, vehicle detection system, and intelligent transportation system. In order to improve the efficiency of magnetoresistive sensor, we synthesized Lao.sSro.2MnO3 polycrystalline bulks at different sintering temperatures and investigated their DC and AC transport properties in this work. As a result, all samples showed insulator-metal （I-M） phase transition, and the transition temperature （TI-M） shifted to higher temperature with the increase of sintering temperature. The TI-M measured at different AC frequencies was smaller than that measured at DC condition, which implied that the I-M phase transition was suppressed at AC frequencies. The resistivity mea- sured at high AC frequencies was larger than that measured at low AC frequencies, which could be attributed to the change of the magnetic penetration depth （6）. However, the room-temperature AC-magnetoresistance （MR） at low frequencies was much larger than that at high frequencies and room-temperature DC-MR. These findings demon- strate that reducing the AC frequency is an effective way for enhancing the room-temperature MR, which can be used to promote the efficiency of magnetoresistive sensor.
利用熔盐法制备了Ba0.6-y La y K0.4Bi O3和Ba0.6-z Pr z K0.4Bi O32个系列的样品,其中La和Pr的掺杂量y和z分别为0,0.025,0.05,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4。X射线粉末衍射结果显示,Pr掺杂使得BKBO晶体结构由最初的立方晶系转变成为正交晶系,但是La掺杂样品却没有发生此种晶体结构的变化。La掺杂样品Ba0.6-y La y K0.4Bi O3的准晶格参数a p随掺杂量的增大而线性减小,其变化遵循a p=4.28257–0.02469y(0.025≤y≤0.4)的规律。样品磁性测量结果表明,掺杂样品的超导转变温度T c均随着掺杂量的增大而系统性地减小,并且当掺杂量达到0.2时,2个系统中的超导转变均消失。认为掺杂引起的晶体结构扭曲及铋化合价的不均衡导致了BKBO掺杂系统超导电性的变化。
