Efeito da pressão em supercondutores de Hg-12(n-1)n e efeito Casimir na escala nanométrica.

In this work will be presented a description in wich Tc has a pressure-dependent behaviour in Hg-12(n-1)n superconductors, that takes into account the Casimir effect by considering the CuO2 conducting layers to act as plasma sheets. The Casimir energy arises from the parallel plasma sheets (Cu–O pla...

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Autor: Rodrigues Junior, Valdi Antonio
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (UFES)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (riUfes)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.ufes.br:10/4775
Acceso en línea:http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/4775
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Superconductivity
Cuprates
Mercury superconductor
Casimir effect
Supercondutividade
Cupratos
Supercondutores de Mercúrio
Efeito Casimir
Física
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Sumario:In this work will be presented a description in wich Tc has a pressure-dependent behaviour in Hg-12(n-1)n superconductors, that takes into account the Casimir effect by considering the CuO2 conducting layers to act as plasma sheets. The Casimir energy arises from the parallel plasma sheets (Cu–O planes) whenever these are separated by distances on nanometer scale. The Tc pressure dependence in Hg12(n-1)n superconductors can be described by a pressure-induced charge transfer together with intrinsic terms that are associated with the Casimir energy. For Hg12(n-1)n samples with optimum oxygen content, the charge transfer term vanishes, leaving an explicit expression for the intrinsic term. By picking up realistic parameters and inserting them in the expression for the Tc pressure dependence, we have a good agreement with experimental intrinsic term data observed in the mercury family Hg-12(n-1)n superconductors.