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Metallic Weak-Link Character of Grain Boundaries in High-Tc Materials

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Electronic Properties of High-Tc Superconductors

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The intrinsic current-voltage characteristics (CVC) of high-Tc materials are analysed in the frame of a recent microscopic theory of metallic (nontunnelling) Josephson junctions, suitable for SNS systems. The comparison of the theoretical model with experimental CVC of grain boundaries shows that those intrinsic juntions exhibit the essential features of metallic weak links and definitely do not act as tunnelling junctions. As a consequence, the grain boundaries are also responsible for the presence of intrinsic normal electrons in the superconducting state of high-Tc superconductors.

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  1. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C.P. 68528, Rio de Janeiro, 21945, Brazil

    R. Nicolsky

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  1. Institut für Festkörperphysik, Universität Wien, Strudlhofgasse 4, A-1090, Wien, Austria

    Hans Kuzmany

  2. 2. Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 57, W-7000, Stuttgart, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Michael Mehring

  3. Institut für Nukleare Festkörperphysik, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Postfach 3640, W-7500, Karlsruhe, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Jörg Fink

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Nicolsky, R. (1993). Metallic Weak-Link Character of Grain Boundaries in High-Tc Materials. In: Kuzmany, H., Mehring, M., Fink, J. (eds) Electronic Properties of High-Tc Superconductors. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 113. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84865-0_15

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