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Studied 100-atm O2-annealed RuSr2Gd1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 (Ru-1222) compound crystallized in a tetragonal I4/mmm space group crystal structure. Thermo-gravemetric (TG) analysis of the compound showed the release of oxygen and breaking to metallic…
We report on the properties of new ruthenocuprates Ru(1-x)Sr2GdCu(2+x)O(8-y) (x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.75) that extend the superconductivity found previously in RuSr2GdCu2O8 (Tc=45 K) to the solid solution with varied Ru/Cu ratios. The…
The results of micro-structural and detailed magnetization studies are reported here for our recently published TbSr2Cu2.7Mo0.3O7+d superconductor with a transition temperature (Tc) at as high as 80 K [1]. From XRD and EDX the sample was…
The samples of composition RuSr2(Ln3/4Ce1/4)2Cu2O10 with Ln = Ho, Y and Dy. being synthesized by high pressure high temperature (6Gpa, 1200 0C) solid state synthesis route do crystallize in space group I4/mmm. These samples exhibit magnetic…
Resistivity, thermoelectric power, heat capacity and magnetization for samples of RuSr_2(Gd_{1.5}Ce_{0.5})Cu_{2}O_{10-\delta} were investigated in the temperature range 1.8-300 K with a magnetic field up to 8 T. The resistive transitions to…
We have measured the dc and ac electrical and magnetic properties in various magnetic fields of the recently reported superconducting ferromagnet RuSr2GdCu2O8. Our reversible magnetization measurements demonstrate the absence of a bulk…
Magnetic susceptibility, M-H plot, magnetoresistance and thermoelectric power of the RuSr2Eu1.5Ce0.5Cu2O10 superconductor are measured. Values of the magnetic transition temperature Tmag, superconductivity transition temperature Tc, upper…
From magnetisation measurements we provide evidence that the ferromagnetic superconductor RuSr$_{2}$GdCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ with \QTR{it}{T}$_{c}$=45 K and \QTR{it}{T}$_{M}$=137 K exhibits a sizeable diamagnetic signal at low temperature…
We report on muon-spin rotation/relaxation (\muSR), electrical resistivity, magnetization and differential scanning calorimetry measurements performed on a high-quality single crystal of Cs_0.8(FeSe_0.98)_2. Whereas our transport and…
Similar to the optimal-doped, weak-ferromagnetic (WFM induced by canted antiferromagnetism, T$_{Curie}$ = 131 K) and superconducting (T$_{c}$ = 56 K) RuSr$_{2}$GdCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$, the underdoped RuSr$_{2}$EuCu$_{2}$O$_{8}$ (T$_{Curie}$ = 133…
The occurrence of bulk superconductivity at ~22 K is reported in polycrystalline samples of BaFe2-xRuxAs2 for nominal Ru content in the range of x=0.75 to 1.125. A systematic suppression of the spin density wave transition temperature…
We review the reasons that make superconductivity unlikely to arise in a ferromagnet. Then, in light of the report by Tallon and collaborators that RuSr2GdCu2O8 becomes superconducting at approximately 35 K which is well below the Curie…
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…
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 narrow intragrain phase-lock transition was observed in RuSr2EuCu2O8 under a magnetic field H up to a few Tesla. The corresponding transition temperature, T2, decreases rapidly (about 100 K/T at low fields) with H indicating that the…
RuY1.5Ce0.5Sr2Cu2O10, is not superconducting (SC) and orders magnetically at TM =152 K. The Ru moment at 5K is 0.75 mB. Ferromagnetic hysteresis loops are observed below Tirr= 100 K. At 100 K, the remanent magnetization (Mrem) and the…
Imaging local magnetic field distribution in a single crystal of superconductor CaFe1.94Co0.06As2 shows the presence of anomalous remnant magnetization within Meissner like regions of the sample. Close to the superconducting transition…
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…
High-pressure magnetization, structural and 57Fe M\"ossbauer studies were performed on superconducting Rb0.8Fe1.6Se2.0 with Tc = 32.4 K. The superconducting transition temperature gradually decreases on increasing pressure up to 5.0 GPa…
Synthesis in 1% oxygen at 930C leads to non-superconducting RuSr2GdCu2O8 in which superconductivity subsequently can be induced with oxygen annealings without observable stoichiometric changes. Detailed ac susceptibility and zero-field muon…