K. Alshibani et al., EFFECT OF FORMING PRESSURE ON THE CRITICAL-TEMPERATURE IN YBA2CU3O7-DELTA SUPERCONDUCTORS, Physica status solidi. b, Basic research, 189(1), 1995, pp. 177-184
The effect of pressure on the critical temperature T-c is studied for
YBa2Cu3O7-delta compounds prepared under various forming pressures. A
systematic decrease in lattice parameters is observed with forming pre
ssure. Resistivity measurements show an increase of the onset temperat
ure T-c0 with forming pressure. A value of dT(c0)/dP approximate to (0
.070 +/- 0.010) x 10(-8) K/Pa is determined. A new mechanism based on
the variation of the interlayer tunneling integral t(perpendicular to)
is used to analyse the experiment results.