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Title: Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation in superconducting BaPb1-xBixO3

Abstract

The phase diagram of BaPb1-xBixO3 exhibits a superconducting “dome” in the proximity of a charge density wave phase. For the superconducting compositions, the material coexists as two structural polymorphs. Here we show, via high resolution transmission electron microscopy, that the structural dimorphism is accommodated in the form of partially disordered nanoscale stripes. Identification of the morphology of the nanoscale structural phase separation enables determination of the associated length scales, which we compare to the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length. Thus, we find that the maximum Tc occurs when the superconducting coherence length matches the width of the partially disordered stripes, implying a connection between the structural phase separation and the shape of the superconducting dome.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1];  [1];  [5];  [1]
  1. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States)
  2. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing (China)
  3. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Univ. Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Valparaiso (Chile)
  4. Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  5. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1227422
Report Number(s):
IS-J-8835
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; ncomms9231
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-07CH11358
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; physical sciences; applied physics; condensed matter

Citation Formats

Giraldo-Gallo, P., Zhang, Y., Parra, C., Manoharan, H. C., Beasley, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kramer, M. J., and Fisher, I. R. Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation in superconducting BaPb1-xBixO3. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms9231.
Giraldo-Gallo, P., Zhang, Y., Parra, C., Manoharan, H. C., Beasley, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kramer, M. J., & Fisher, I. R. Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation in superconducting BaPb1-xBixO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9231
Giraldo-Gallo, P., Zhang, Y., Parra, C., Manoharan, H. C., Beasley, M. R., Geballe, T. H., Kramer, M. J., and Fisher, I. R. Wed . "Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation in superconducting BaPb1-xBixO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9231. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1227422.
@article{osti_1227422,
title = {Stripe-like nanoscale structural phase separation in superconducting BaPb1-xBixO3},
author = {Giraldo-Gallo, P. and Zhang, Y. and Parra, C. and Manoharan, H. C. and Beasley, M. R. and Geballe, T. H. and Kramer, M. J. and Fisher, I. R.},
abstractNote = {The phase diagram of BaPb1-xBixO3 exhibits a superconducting “dome” in the proximity of a charge density wave phase. For the superconducting compositions, the material coexists as two structural polymorphs. Here we show, via high resolution transmission electron microscopy, that the structural dimorphism is accommodated in the form of partially disordered nanoscale stripes. Identification of the morphology of the nanoscale structural phase separation enables determination of the associated length scales, which we compare to the Ginzburg-Landau coherence length. Thus, we find that the maximum Tc occurs when the superconducting coherence length matches the width of the partially disordered stripes, implying a connection between the structural phase separation and the shape of the superconducting dome.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms9231},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed Sep 16 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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