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We report ac susceptibility measurements on polycrystalline samples of SrRuO_3 and three ruthenocuprates: superconducting RuSr_2GdCu_2O_8 (Ru-1212), superconducting RuSr_2Eu_(2-x)Ce_xCu_2O_y (Ru-1222, x=0.5) and nonsuperconducting,…
We reviewed our various results on rutheno-cuprate magneto-superconductors RuSr2GdCu2O8(Ru-1212) and RuSr2(Gd0.75Ce0.25)2Cu2O10(Ru-1222). It is observed, that it is difficult to control the oxygen content of Ru-1212, though the same is…
We reviewed our various results on rutheno-cuprate magneto-superconductors RuSr2GdCu2O8-d (Ru-1212) and RuSr2(Gd0.75Ce0.25)2Cu2O10-d (Ru-1222) synthesized by NPHT process. Also reviewed are the results for HPHT synthesized various…
In this paper we investigate the magnetic state and the role of the crystalline structure in RuSr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 (Ru-1222). Measurements were made in the isomorphic series (Nb1-xRux)Sr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 [(Nb,Ru)-1222], with x between 0 and…
An unusual thermal-magnetic hysteresis was observed between a minor magnetic transition around 120 K and the main one at 80 K in superconducting RuSr2(R,Ce)2Cu2O10-delta (Ru1222R) samples, where R = Gd or Eu, down to a submicron…
RuSr_2GdCu_2O_8 (Ru-1212) is a triple perovskite containing both CuO_2 and RuO_2 layers. It has attracted a great deal of interest recently because it displays electronic ferromagnetism and superconductivity coexisting on a microscopic…
RuSr2(Nd,Y,Ce)2Cu2O10-d ruthenocuprates have been studied by neutron diffraction, magnetotransport and magnetisation measurements and the electronic phase diagram is reported. Separate Ru and Cu spin ordering transitions are observed, with…
The RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-d (Ru-1222) compounds, with varying oxygen content, crystallize in a tetragonal crystal structure (space group I4/mmm). Resistance (R) versus temperature (T) measurements show that the air-annealed samples exhibit…
The temperature dependencies of the resistivity for the superconducting ruthenocuprates of nominal compositions RuSr2GdCu2O8, Ru0.98Sr2GdCu2O8 and Ru0.5Sr2GdCu2.5O8-d were examined for the magnetic field dependent characteristics of the…
A characterization of the magnetic superconductors RuSr2GdCu2O8 [Ru-(1212)] and RuSr2(Gd1.5Ce0.5)Cu2O10 [Ru-(1222)] through resistance measurements as a function of temperature and magnetic field is presented. Two peaks in the derivative of…
The dynamics of the magnetic properties of polycrystalline RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 (Ru-1222) have been studied by ac susceptibility and dc magnetization measurements, including relaxation and ageing studies. Ru-1222 is a reported…
Eu2-xCexRuSr2Cu2O10-d (Ru-2122) is the first Cu-O based system in which superconductivity (SC) in the CuO2 planes and weak-ferromagnetism (W-FM) in the Ru sub-lattice coexists. The hole doping in the CuO2 planes, is controlled by…
This is the first report of the observation of the onset of excess volume and also of the strain along the a-axis near the magnetic ordering temperature in Ru-1222 superconductor, and indicates a coupling between the lattice and the…
Two magnetic transitions are observed in the magneto-superconducting RuEu2-xCexSr2Cu2O10 (Ru-1222), at TM 160 K and TM2~80 K. Below TM2 the Ru moments are weak-ferromagnetically ordered and wide ferromagnetic hysteresis loops are observed,…
We discuss the properties of superconducting derivatives of the RuSr2GdCu2O8 (1212-type) ruthenocuprate, for which heterovalent doping has been achieved through partial substitution of Cu ions into the RuO2 planes (Ru1-xSr2GdCu2+xO8-d,…
Strong evidences of a spin glass phase on polycrystalline RuSr2Ln1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-x (LnRu-1222, Ln = Y, Ho and Dy) is provided by ac susceptibility and dc magnetization measurements. The fingerprint of a spin glass transition, the…
We report DC magnetization, detailed systematic linear and nonlinear AC magnetic susceptibility and transport for a single phase RuSr2Eu1.4Ce0.6Cu2O10-{\delta} (EuRu-1222) magneto-superconductor. The studied sample is synthesized through…
We present the results from a magnetization, structural, and nuclear quadrupole resonance study of the ruthenate-cuprate, RuSr2R2-xCexCu2O10+d with x=1 and R=Eu. This compound is a superconductor for Ce doping in the range 0.4<=x<=0.8 and…
d.c. magnetization measurements performed on a polycrystalline sample of RuSr2GdCu2O8 (Ru-1212) showed distinct peaks of the magnetization upon entering the superconducting state. Since Sr2GdRuO6 (Sr-2116) is the precursor for the…
We have investigated the MoSr2R1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-d (Mo-1222R, R=rare earth) system by several complementary experimental techniques. In contrast to the iso-structural RuSr2R1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10-d (Ru-1222) system, in which superconductivity (SC) in…