Abstract
The superconductor (SC)/ferromagnetic (FM) systems have shown tremendous attention due to their amazing phenomena at the SC/FM interfaces such as the inverse proximity effect, triplet superconducting pair generation and the non-dissipation spintronics, which exhibit a great potential on scientific development and applications. To explore these unique characteristics, possible unknown effect and seeking for potential capabilities in bulk SC/FM systems, this study focuses on the bulk composites made of the high-TC superconductor YBa2Cu3O7-δ (YBCO) and the highly spin-polarized La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 (LSMO). The (YBCO)0.9/(LSMO)0.1 composites were annealed at short (Comp_2hr) and longer (Comp_18hr) annealing time. We found that the composites form a distinct core-shell structure. The LSMO grains and the outer layer of YBCO interdiffuse into each other and reconstruct in a way to form off-stoichiometric thin shells. Due to the limited interdiffusion speed, a clear white diffusion-limited-boundary separates the shell and core and protects the pure YBCO phase. This core-shell structure modifies the superconducting behavior to appear complex resistivity and magnetization with temperature such as a second transition due to the tunneling of Cooper pairs at low temperature.
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