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Title: Combinatorial synthesis and high-throughput characterization of copper-oxide superconductors

Journal Article · · Chinese Physics. B
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  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Applied Physics Dept.
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States). Applied Physics Dept.

Fast synthesis and screening of materials are vital to the advance of materials science and are an essential component of the Materials Genome Initiative. We use copper-oxide superconductors as an example to demonstrate the power of integrating combinatorial molecular beam epitaxy synthesis with high-throughput electric transport measurements. Leveraging this method, we have generated a phase diagram with more than 800 compositions in order to unravel the doping dependence of interface superconductivity. In another application of the same method, we have studied the superconductor-to-insulator quantum phase transition with unprecedented accuracy in tuning the chemical doping level.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0012704
OSTI ID:
1485252
Report Number(s):
BNL-209666-2018-JAAM
Journal Information:
Chinese Physics. B, Vol. 27, Issue 11; ISSN 1674-1056
Publisher:
IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 2 works
Citation information provided by
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