W. Bieger et al., MAGNETIZATION AND CRITICAL CURRENTS IN NONSTOICHIOMETRIC YBA2CU3O7-DELTA OF DIFFERENT STRUCTURAL ORDER, Journal of alloys and compounds, 195(1-2), 1993, pp. 463-466
Oxygen deficient YBa2Cu3O7-delta powder samples with a well defined ox
ygen stoichiometry delta have been prepared at various temperatures an
d characterized by TEM, AC susceptibility and magnetization measuremen
ts. The interdependence between structural ordering and superconductin
g properties is discussed and a structural model based on a short rang
e ordering of oxygen in the Cu-O chains responsible for superconductiv
ity is proposed.