Strain-Induced Softening of Certain Eutectics
- 24 November 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 45 (21) , 1707-1708
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.45.1707
Abstract
It is suggested that the considerable softening of the lattice of certain superconducting eutectic mixtures, and the accompanying increase in transition temperature are the result of large unrelieved strains that weaken the effective spring constant between neighboring atoms.Keywords
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