RT Journal Article T1 Particle size effect on the superconducting properties of YBa2Cu3O7-x particles A1 Blanco-Gutiérrez, Verónica A1 Torralvo Fernández, María Josefa A1 Alario Franco, Miguel Ángel AB YBCO samples with different microstructures were prepared after the thermal treatment of a precursor previously obtained by autocombustion. A drastic influence of the particle size on the magnetic behavior of the samples was observed. Thus, particles smaller than 110 nm do not exhibit superconducting pro-perties and for those ranging around 200 nm the diamagnetic signal characteristic of the superconduc-tivity at low temperature disappears in a large applied magnetic field. Particles larger than 300 nm do not exhibit the particle size effect. Accompanying such a phenomenon, an increase of the superconducting critical temperature is observed with the augmentation of the particle size, the lowest value being 18 K which corresponds to 110 nm particles. PB The Royal Society of Chemistry YR 2017 FD 2017 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101206 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/101206 LA eng NO Dalton Trans., 2017,46, 11698-11703 NO Blanco-Gutiérrez, V., et al. «Particle Size Effect on the Superconducting Properties of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−x Particles». Dalton Transactions, vol. 46, n.o 35, 2017, pp. 11698-703. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7DT01974B. NO Red Eléctrica de España DS Docta Complutense RD 30 ago 2024