Daily Lesson Log in Science 9 Fourth Quarter Physics
Abstract pips conference suci 26 sept
1. The 4th Padjadjaran International Physics Symposium 2019
Harris Hotel, Bandung , 13-14 November 2019
Department of Physics Universitas Padjadjaran
Inter-grain Resistivity of La2-xSrxCuO4 Nanoparticles
Evaluated by Four Point Probe Method
Suci Winarsih1,2,3, Faisal Budiman4,†, Hirofumi Tanaka4, Takayuki Goto5,
Tadashi Adachi5, Bambang Soegijono2, Budhy Kurniawan2,a, and
Isao Watanabe1,2,3,b
1Meson Science Laboratory, RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1
Hirosawa, Wako 351-0198, Japan
2Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Indonesia,
Depok 16424, Indonesia
3Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University,
Kita 10, Nisi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
4Department of Human Intelligence Systems, Graduate School of Life Science and Systems
Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4 Hibikino, Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0196,
Japan
5Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia
University, 7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8554, Japan
abkuru@fisika.ui.ac.id, bnabedon@riken.jp
Abstract. A ferromagnetic-like phase appears in underdoped La2-xSrxCuO4 (LSCO) when
the particle size is 113 nm. Meanwhile, ferromagnetic fluctuations were reported to be
observed in the heavily over-doped region of bulk LSCO. The particle size of 113 nm is
still big to reveal nano-sized effect. Therefore, we are investigating the particle size
dependence of electrical properties of LSCO for x = 0, 0.05, and 0.20 with smaller particle
size. Samples were synthesized by the sol-gel method. The final product was in the
powder form and its particle size was controlled within a couple of ten nanometer range.
Pressed-powder samples were evaluated by resistivity measurement using the four-point
probe method. We utilized gold wires with a thickness of 7~10 µm as electrodes and sliver
paste to attach the gold wire to the samples. To decrease the contact resistance of the
samples, the indium solder was used to ensure the wire contact. We confirmed that the
contact resistivity was in the order of hundred ohm. The temperature dependence of
resistivity can be analyzed by variable range hopping model even though the resistivity
values showed 103 times higher than those observed in bulk LSCO. We discussed possible
scenario to describe the results.
Keywords: four-point probe; indium solder; inter-grain; nanoparticles; resistivity.
† Present address: School of Electrical Engineering, Telkom University, Bandung 40257,
Indonesia.