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Superconducting superoxygenated La2-xSrxCuO4+$$δ$$ : Search for phase separation

Conference · · Physica. C, Superconductivity
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  1. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
High pressure (2.3 kbar) high temperature (575°C) oxygen annealed ceramic La2-xSrxCuO4+δ, with x=0.1 and 0.16, have been studied by high-resolution neutron powder diffraction to determine their low temperature structural properties in comparison to similarly oxygenated La2CuO4+δ. Unlike La2CuO4+δ, these Sr-containing superconductors show no low temperature phase separation. Further, for x= 0.16, the interstitial oxygen appears to be located at (14, 14, z) with z= 0.163(5) and to have a value of δ consistent with La1.84Sr0.16CuO4.019. Such a site is significantly displaced away from the interstitial location, (14, 14, z) with z ≅ 0.25 observed in La2CuO4+δ. For x= 0.1, no interstitial oxygen is found and δ = 0.0.
Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36; AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5532293
Report Number(s):
SAND--91-0773C; CONF-910736--5; ON: DE91015334
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Physica. C, Superconductivity Journal Volume: 185-189
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Two-phase structural refinement of La2CuO4.032 at 15 K journal September 1990