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Superconductivity in metal-mixed ion-implanted polymer films

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Ion implantation of normally insulating polymers offers an alternative to depositing conjugated organics onto plastic films to make electronic circuits. We used a 50keV nitrogen ion beam to mix a thin 10nm Sn∕Sb alloy film into the subsurface of polyetheretherketone and report the low temperature properties of this material. We observed metallic behavior, and the onset of superconductivity below 3K. There are strong indications that the superconductivity does not result from a residual thin film of alloy, but instead from a network of alloy grains coupled via a weakly conducting, ion-beam carbonized polymer matrix.

Source: Applied Physics Letters

DOI: 10.1063/1.2358190

Authors: A. P. Micolich, E. Tavenner, B. J. Powell, A. R. Hamilton, M. T. Curry, R. E. Giedd, P. Meredith

Institutions: UNSW Sydney, The University of Queensland, Missouri State University

Language: English

Topic: Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Office of Naval Research

OpenAlex ID: W2077540720

FWCI: 1.225

Cites: 12

Cited by: 8

Related to: 10