Organic conductor/high-Tc superconductor bilayer structures

Marvin B. Clevenger; Christopher E. Jones; Steven G. Haupt; Jianai Zhao; John Thomas McDevitt

doi:10.1117/12.250265

5 July 1996 Organic conductor/high-T_c superconductor bilayer structures

Marvin B. Clevenger, Christopher E. Jones, Steven G. Haupt, Jianai Zhao, John Thomas McDevitt

Proceedings Volume 2697, Oxide Superconductor Physics and Nano-Engineering II; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.250265
Event: Photonics West '96, 1996, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Electrochemical techniques are exploited to fabricate conductive polymer/high Tc superconductor bilayer structures. SCanning electron microscopy and electrochemical techniques are utilized to characterize the electrodeposition of polypyrrole layers grown onto YBa₂Cu₃O_7-(delta ) films. In such hybrid polymer/superconductor systems, it is found that when the polymer is oxidized to its conductive state, the transition temperatures (T_c) and critical currents (J_c) of the underlying superconductor film are suppressed. Reversible modulation of the values of the transition temperatures of up to 50K are noted for these structures. Upon reduction of the conductive polymer layer back to its non-conductive form, both T_c and J_c are found to return to values close to those acquired for the underivatized YBa₂Cu₃O_7-(delta ) film. Moreover, measurements as a function of temperature of the polymer/superconductor interface resistance show dramatic decrease in this value at T_c. ALso, estimates of superconducting coherence lengths within the organic conductor samples suggest superconducting properties over macroscopically large distances within the organic materials can be expected. Collectively these results are consistent with the first observation of a conductive polymer proximity effect.

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Marvin B. Clevenger, Christopher E. Jones, Steven G. Haupt, Jianai Zhao, and John Thomas McDevitt "Organic conductor/high-T_c superconductor bilayer structures", Proc. SPIE 2697, Oxide Superconductor Physics and Nano-Engineering II, (5 July 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.250265

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