Role of self-irradiation defects on the ageing of 239PuCoGa 5

Frédéric Jutier, Jean-Christophe Griveau, C. J. Van Der Beek, E. Colineau, F. Wastin, J. Rebizant, P. Boulet, T. Wiss, H. Thiele, E. Simoni

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    Abstract

    Low-temperature accumulation and annealing experiments, in conjunction with electrical resitivity and critical current density measurements, were used to study the ageing of the actinide superconductor PuCoGa5. These measurements reveal that 2-nm-sized non-superconducting point-like regions are the main damages formed during room temperature ageing; smaller point-like defects are irrelevant to transport properties. Defect sizes and densities deduced from experiment agree with Transmission Electron Microscopy observations.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number57008
    Number of pages7
    JournalEuropean Physical Society Letters
    Volume78
    Issue number5
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jun 2007

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Physics and Astronomy

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