Size-Induced Depression of First-Order Transition Lines and Entropy Jump in Extremely Layered Nanocrystalline Vortex Matter

作者:Dolz M I*; Fasano Y; Cejas Bolecek N R; Pastoriza H; Mosser V; Li M; Konczykowski M
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2015, 115(13): 137003.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.137003

摘要

We detect the persistence of the solidification and order-disorder first-order transition lines in the phase diagram of nanocrystalline Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 vortex matter down to a system size of less than one hundred vortices. The temperature location of the vortex solidification transition line is not altered by decreasing the sample size although there is a depletion of the entropy jump at the transition with respect to macroscopic vortex matter. The solid order-disorder phase transition field moves upward on decreasing the system size due to the increase of the surface-to-volume ratio of vortices entailing a decrease on the average vortex binding energy.

  • 出版日期2015-9-25
  • 单位中国地震局