Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated CsxFe2-ySe2

Taddei, Keith M.; Sturza, M.; Chung, Duck -Yung; Cao, H. B.; Claus, H.; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.; Osborn, R.; Rosenkranz, Stephen; Chmaissem, Omar

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094505

Title: Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated $C s_{x} F e_{2 - y} S e_{2}$

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By simultaneously displaying magnetism and superconductivity in a single phase, the iron based superconductors provide a model system for the study of magnetism’s role in superconductivity. The class of intercalated iron selenide superconductors is unique amongst these in having the additional property of phase separation and coexistence of two distinct phases - one majority phase with iron vacancy ordering and strong antiferromagnetism and the other a poorly understood minority microscopic phase with a contested structure. Adding to the intrigue, the majority phase has never been found to show superconductivity on its own while the minority phase has never been successfully synthesized separate from the majority phase. In order to better understand this minority phase, a series of high quality CsxFe2-ySe2 single crystals with (0.8 ≤ x ≤ 1; 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3) were grown and studied. Neutron and x-ray powder diffraction performed on ground crystals show the average structure of the minority phase to be I4/mmm, however, the temperature evolution of its lattice parameters shows it to be distinct from the high temperature I4/mmm parent structure. Neutron and x-ray diffraction experiments performed on single crystal samples reveal the presence of previously unobserved discrete superlattice reflections that remove the degeneracymore »« less

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Taddei, Keith M. ^[1]; Sturza, M. ^[2]; Chung, Duck -Yung ^[3]; Cao, H. B. ^[4]; Claus, H. ^[3]; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. ^[5]; Osborn, R. ^[3]; Rosenkranz, Stephen ^[3]; Chmaissem, Omar ^[1]

Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden IFW, Dresden (Germany)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Publication Date:: Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015

Research Org.:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Contributing Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 1337837

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1215755; OSTI ID: 1356354

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

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                    Taddei, Keith M., Sturza, M., Chung, Duck -Yung, Cao, H. B., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Osborn, R., Rosenkranz, Stephen, and Chmaissem, Omar. Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated CsxFe2-ySe2.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094505.

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                    Taddei, Keith M., Sturza, M., Chung, Duck -Yung, Cao, H. B., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Osborn, R., Rosenkranz, Stephen, & Chmaissem, Omar. Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated CsxFe2-ySe2.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094505

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                    Taddei, Keith M., Sturza, M., Chung, Duck -Yung, Cao, H. B., Claus, H., Kanatzidis, Mercouri G., Osborn, R., Rosenkranz, Stephen, and Chmaissem, Omar. Mon .  
"Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated CsxFe2-ySe2".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094505.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1337837.

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@article{osti_1337837,

  title        = {Cesium vacancy ordering in phase-separated CsxFe2-ySe2},

  author       = {Taddei, Keith M. and Sturza, M. and Chung, Duck -Yung and Cao, H. B. and Claus, H. and Kanatzidis, Mercouri G. and Osborn, R. and Rosenkranz, Stephen and Chmaissem, Omar},

  abstractNote = {By simultaneously displaying magnetism and superconductivity in a single phase, the iron based superconductors provide a model system for the study of magnetism’s role in superconductivity. The class of intercalated iron selenide superconductors is unique amongst these in having the additional property of phase separation and coexistence of two distinct phases - one majority phase with iron vacancy ordering and strong antiferromagnetism and the other a poorly understood minority microscopic phase with a contested structure. Adding to the intrigue, the majority phase has never been found to show superconductivity on its own while the minority phase has never been successfully synthesized separate from the majority phase. In order to better understand this minority phase, a series of high quality CsxFe2-ySe2 single crystals with (0.8 ≤ x ≤ 1; 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.3) were grown and studied. Neutron and x-ray powder diffraction performed on ground crystals show the average structure of the minority phase to be I4/mmm, however, the temperature evolution of its lattice parameters shows it to be distinct from the high temperature I4/mmm parent structure. Neutron and x-ray diffraction experiments performed on single crystal samples reveal the presence of previously unobserved discrete superlattice reflections that remove the degeneracy of the Cs sites in both the majority and minority phases and reduce their structural symmetries from body-centered to primitive. Group theoretical analysis in conjunction with structural modeling shows that the observed superlattice reflections originate from a three-dimensional Cs vacancy ordering in the minority phase. This model predicts a 25% vacancy of the Cs site which is consistent with the site’s refined occupancy. Magnetization measurements performed in tandem with neutron single crystal diffraction provide evidence that the minority phase is the host of superconductivity. Our results also reveal a superconducting dome in which the superconducting transition temperature varies as a function of the valence of iron.},

  doi          = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.094505},

  journal      = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},

  number       = 9,

  volume       = 92,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},

  month        = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}

}

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