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Electronic properties of Sr/sub 14/Cu/sub 24/O/sub 41/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Crystals of orthorhombicSr/sub 14/Cu/sub 24/O/sub 41/ are semiconducting,with an activation energy of 0.18(2) eV for conduction along /ital c/, the direction lying parallel to both the (Cu/sub 2/O/sub 3/) planes and the (CuO/sub 2/) chains. The magnetic susceptibility above 80 K follows a Curie-Weiss law with /theta/=/minus/95 K and/ital p//sub /ital eff//=0.65/mu//sub B//Cu in the ac plane and/theta/=/minus/190 and /ital p//sub /ital eff//=0.94/mu//sub B//Cu along/ital b/, the direction perpendicular to the (Cu/sub 2/O/sub 3/) planes and the (CuO/sub 2/) chains. There is an indication of antiferromagnetic order below /ital T//sub /ital N//=60 K, and a Curiecontribution at low temperature due to localized free spins (0.4(1) with/ital S/=(1/2 per formula)). The specific heat measured in the range2--12 K is of the form /ital AT//sup /minus/2/+/gamma/T+/beta/T/sup 3/,where /ital A/=1080 mJ K/mole, /gamma/=100mJ/mole K/sup 2/, and /beta/=5.93mJ/mole K/sup 3/. A 5-T magnetic field greatly enhances the low-temperature specific heat, an effect which is attributed to the localizedstates with /ital S/=(1/2). The linear term is attributed to alocalized density of states with no net spin, possibly associated with peroxideions. The relevance of these results to the low-temperature specific heat ofcopper-oxide superconductors is discussed.
Research Organization:
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598(US)
OSTI ID:
5973285
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 40:1; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English