Na. Babushkina et al., QUADRATIC TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE OF RESIS TIVITY IN ND2-XCEXCUO4-DELTA THIN-FILMS IN NORMAL-STATE AND MAGNETIC SCATTERING, Fizika nizkih temperatur, 22(11), 1996, pp. 1260-1264
Temperature dependence of resistivity rho(T) in normal state was studi
ed for electron superconductors Nd2-xCexCuO4-delta in the cerium conce
ntration range x = 0.12-0.20. For each of the investigated samples the
rho(T) dependence is of the form: rho(T) = rho(0) + AT(2). With incre
asing the cerium content the contribution of the quadratic term in rho
(T) and the values of residual resistivity rho(0) decrease. The behavi
or of rho(T) is qualitatively explained by the magnetic scattering of
carriers by spin correlations, which is responsible for the quadratic
dependence of rho(T).