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Superconducting transition in Pb/Co nanocomposites: effect of Co volume fraction and external magnetic field

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Pb films embedded with homogeneously distributed cobalt (Co) nanoparticles (mean size 4.5 nm) have been prepared. Previous transport investigations have suggested that Co particles induce spontaneous vortices below the superconducting transition temperature (T c) in zero external magnetic field. In this paper we study in detail the influence of the Co volume fraction and an external magnetic field on the superconducting transition in such composites. The large difference in T c-reduction between the as-prepared and annealed samples can be attributed to the different superconducting coherence lengths and the resulting different diameters of the spontaneous vortices in these samples.

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  1. Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr.Xavier Sigaud 150, Rio de Janeiro, 22290-180, RJ, Brazil

    Y. T. Xing, H. Micklitz, W. T. Herrera & E. Baggio-Saitovitch

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cx. P. 68528, 21941-972, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    T. G. Rappoport

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Xing, Y., Micklitz, H., Herrera, W. et al. Superconducting transition in Pb/Co nanocomposites: effect of Co volume fraction and external magnetic field. Eur. Phys. J. B 76, 353–357 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-00183-5

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