The paramagnetic Meissner effect (PME) was observed on the field-cooled M-T curves of melt-textured Y0.99Nd0.01Ba2Cu3O7-y in applied magnetic fields from 1kOe to 40kOe. In the magnetic field below 1kOe, the sample undergoes the typical transition from the normal state to the superconducting state when it was cooled down. The applied magnetic fields in which the PME occurs, are very high compared with the fields reported in literatures. We propose that the occurrence of the PME may be due to a phase transition of flux vortices in the superconductors.
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