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Superconducting superoxygenated cuprates: Search for phase separation in La sub 1. 84 Sr sub 0. 16 CuO sub 4+. delta. (US)

Journal Article · · Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States)
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico (USA)
  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico (USA)
We have studied high-pressure (2.3 kbar), high-temperature (575 {degree}C), oxygen-annealed ceramic La{sub 1.84}Sr{sub 0.16}CuO{sub 4+{delta}} by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction to determine its low-temperature structural properties in comparison to similarly oxygenated La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4+{delta}}. Unlike La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4+{delta}}, the Sr-containing superconductor shows no low-temperature phase separation. Further, the interstitial oxygen appears to be located at (1/4,1/4,{ital z}) with {ital z}=0.163(5) and to have a value of {delta} consistent with La{sub 1.84}Sr{sub 0.16}CuO{sub 4.019}. Such a site is significantly displaced away from the interstitial location, (1/4,1/4,{ital z}), with {ital z}=0.25, observed in La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4+{delta}} and La{sub 2}NiO{sub 4+{delta}}. The environment of such an interstitial site is suggestive of a smaller, neutral oxygen rather than a charged species.
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36; AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5293602
Journal Information:
Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter; (United States) Vol. 44:14; ISSN PRBMD; ISSN 0163-1829
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English