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YBCO and Some Other Rare Earth Cuprates

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The growth of high quality and centimeter-sized YBa2Cu3O7-δ and RE–Ba–Cu–O (RE = rare earth) single crystals can be achieved using either flux or traveling solvent floating zone (TSSG) method. The oxygen content of crystals can be tuned through the oxygenation/deoxygenation of the same sample by post growth annealing. The as-grown twinned single crystals are detwinned and enabled to probe the charge reservoir in CuO2 planes, which induced no carrier contributions from the other layers, such as CuO chains. YBa2Cu4O8 is another important compound for the study of its chemical and physical properties since it is twin-free and shows higher thermal stability with oxygen stoichiometry. The KOH flux growth of YBa2Cu4O8 single crystal provided a simple way to access the reasonable size of the samples. In this chapter, we present detailed procedures for the best quality crystal growth. Various attempts to improve the crystal quality are described. Large single crystal growth of some other rare earth cuprates is also presented.

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Chen, D., Lin, C. (2016). YBCO and Some Other Rare Earth Cuprates. In: Growth and Characterization of Bulk Superconductor Material. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 243. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31548-5_2

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