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/sup 17/O NMR spectroscopy of magnetically ordered YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/ microcrystals

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)

We have obtained /sup 17/O NMR spectra of powder samples of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/ and EuBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/, as well as magnetically ordered YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/. Two major features are observed in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub x/: a sharp resonance at approx. =1800 ppm (from external H/sub 2//sup 17/O, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry delta scale) and a broader series of features centered at approx. =400 ppm. The 1800-ppm feature undergoes a diamagnetic shift of approx. =800 ppm on cooling to 77 K, and a similar magnitude shift on Eu substitution, suggesting assignment to the plane oxygens, O(2,3). Measurements on magnetically ordered samples at 8.45 and 11.7 T give the magnitude of the diagonal terms of the electric field gradient tensor, which are 2.3, 3.5, and 5.8 MHz. For the columnar oxygen, O(1), we find e/sup 2/qQ/h = 7.7 MHz, with a chemical shift anisotropy of approx. =660 ppm.

Research Organization:
Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, 505 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, Illinois 61801
OSTI ID:
6757299
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 39:1; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English