Superconductivity in Metal-mixed Ion-Implanted Polymer Films

A. P. Micolich; E. Tavenner; B. J. Powell; A. R. Hamilton; M. T. Curry; R. E. Giedd; P. Meredith

doi:10.1063/1.2358190

Superconductivity in Metal-mixed Ion-Implanted Polymer Films

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v2 Soft Condensed Matter

Authors: A. P. Micolich , E. Tavenner , B. J. Powell , A. R. Hamilton , M. T. Curry , R. E. Giedd , P. Meredith

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Ion-implantation of normally insulating polymers offers an alternative to depositing conjugated organics onto plastic films to make electronic circuits. We used a 50 keV nitrogen ion beam to mix a thin 10 nm Sn/Sb alloy film into the sub-surface of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and report the low temperature properties of this material. We observed metallic behavior, and the onset of superconductivity below 3 K. There are strong indications that the superconductivity does not result from a residual thin-film of alloy, but instead from a network of alloy grains coupled via a weakly conducting, ion-beam carbonized polymer matrix.

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thin film physics thin films superconducting radio frequency cavities

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0509278,
  title  = {Superconductivity in Metal-mixed Ion-Implanted Polymer Films},
  author = {A. P. Micolich and E. Tavenner and B. J. Powell and A. R. Hamilton and M. T. Curry and R. E. Giedd and P. Meredith},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0509278},
  year   = {2007}
}

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