Growth and structural characterization of large superconducting crystals of La2-xCa1+xCu2O6

Schneeloch, J. A.; Guguchia, Z.; Stone, Matthew B.; Tian, Wei; Zhong, Ruidan; Mohanty, K. M.; Xu, Guangyong; Gu, Genda D.; Tranquada, John M.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.074801

Title: Growth and structural characterization of large superconducting crystals of ${La}_{2 - x} {Ca}_{1 + x} {Cu}_{2} O_{6}$

Journal Article · 01 December 2017 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.074801 · OSTI ID:1412763

Schneeloch, J. A. ^[1]; Guguchia, Z. ^[2];

^[3];

^[3]; Zhong, Ruidan ^[4]; Mohanty, K. M. ^[1]; Xu, Guangyong ^[1]; Gu, Genda D. ^[1]; Tranquada, John M. ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)

Large crystals of ${La}_{2 - x} {Ca}_{1 + x} {Cu}_{2} O_{6}$ (La-Ca-2126) with x = 0:10 and 0.15 have been grown and converted to bulk superconductors by high-pressure oxygen annealing. The superconducting transition temperature, T_c, is as high as 55 K; this can be raised to 60 K by post-annealing in air. Here we present structural and magnetic characterizations of these crystals using neutron scattering and muon spin rotation techniques. While the as-grown, non-superconducting crystals are single phase, we nd that the superconducting crystals contain 3 phases forming coherent domains stacked along the c axis: the dominant La-Ca-2126 phase, very thin (1.5 unit-cell) intergrowths of La₂CuO₄, and an antiferromagnetic La₈Cu₈O₂₀ phase. We propose that the formation and segregation of the latter phases increases the Ca concentration of the La-Ca-2126, thus providing the hole-doping that supports superconductivity.

View Accepted Manuscript (DOE)

Cite

Export

Save

Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Emergent Superconductivity (CES); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1412763

Report Number(s):: BNL--114738-2017-JA; KC0201060

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 1; ISSN PRMHAR; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

References (37)

Single-crystal growth and anisotropic electrical properties of (La1? xCa x )2CaCu2O6 Okuya, M.; Kimura, T.; Kobayashi, R. Journal of Superconductivity, Vol. 7, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00724560	journal	April 1994
Possible highT c superconductivity in the Ba?La?Cu?O system Bednorz, J. G.; M�ller, K. A. Zeitschrift f�r Physik B Condensed Matter, Vol. 64, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01303701	journal	June 1986
La8−xSrxCu8O20: An oxygen-deficient perovskite built of CuO6, CuO5, and CuO4 polyhedra Er-Rakho, L.; Michel, C.; Raveau, B. Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 73, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4596(88)90138-7	journal	April 1988
Intercroissance de feuillets “perovskites lacunaires” et de feuillets type chlorure de sodium: Les oxydes Nguyen, N.; Er-Rakho, L.; Michel, C. Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 15, Issue 7 https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5408(80)90212-3	journal	July 1980
La2SrCu2O6: Neutron diffraction study Caignaert, V.; Nguyen, N.; Raveau, B. Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 25, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-5408(90)90046-5	journal	February 1990
Structure refinement of La1.9Ca1.1Cu2O6 with neutron powder diffraction data Izumi, F.; Takayama-Muromachi, E.; Nakai, Y. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 157, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(89)90472-3	journal	January 1989
Oxygen excess and superconductivity at 45 K in La2CaCu2O6+y Fuertes, A.; Obradors, X.; Navarro, J. M. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 170, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(90)90241-6	journal	September 1990
High-pressure synthesis of superconducting Kinoshita, Kyoichi; Shibata, Hiroyuki; Yamada, Tomoaki Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 171, Issue 5-6 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(90)90267-I	journal	November 1990
The crystal structure of the La1.6Sr0.4CaCu2O6±δ superconductor Cava, R. J.; Santoro, A.; Krajewski, J. J. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 172, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(90)90652-U	journal	December 1990
Single crystal growth and superconductivity in La1.87Ca1.13Cu2O6 Ishii, Takao; Watanabe, Takao; Kinoshita, Kyoichi Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 179, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(91)90008-M	journal	August 1991
Superconductivity in La2−xSrxCaCu2O6 at 60 K Liu, H. B.; Morris, D. E.; Sinha, A. P. B. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 174, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(91)90417-W	journal	March 1991
Combined X-ray and neutron powder diffraction study of the structure of La1.8Sr0.2CaCu2O6 Sakurai, Takeshi; Yamashita, Toru; Willis, J. O. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 174, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(91)90435-2	journal	March 1991
Solubility of Ca in superconducting La2−xCaxCuO4 Moodenbaugh, A. R.; Sabatini, R. L.; Xu, Youwen Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 198, Issue 1-2 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(92)90272-E	journal	July 1992
Suppression of superconducting transition temperature in orthorhombic La2-xCaxCuO4 Dabrowski, B.; Wang, Z.; Jorgensen, J. D. Physica C: Superconductivity, Vol. 217, Issue 3-4 https://doi.org/10.1016/0921-4534(93)90349-U	journal	November 1993
Single-crystal growth and superconductivity of (La1−xSrx)2CaCu2O6+δ Gu, G. D.; Hucker, M.; Kim, Y. -J. Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 287, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2005.11.026	journal	January 2006
Crystal growth and superconductivity of (La1−xCax)2CaCu2O6+δ Gu, G. D.; Hücker, M.; Kim, Y. -J. Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, Vol. 67, Issue 1-3 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2005.10.153	journal	January 2006
Musrfit: A Free Platform-Independent Framework for μSR Data Analysis Suter, A.; Wojek, B. M. Physics Procedia, Vol. 30 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2012.04.042	journal	January 2012
Discovery of a new, metallic (but not superconducting) compound in the lanthanum-strontium-copper-oxygen system: La5SrCu6O15 Tokura, Y.; Torrance, J. B.; Nazzal, A. I. Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 109, Issue 24 https://doi.org/10.1021/ja00258a064	journal	November 1987
Superconductivity at 60 K in La2-xSrxCaCu2O6: the simplest double-layer cuprate Cava, R. J.; Batlogg, B.; van Dover, R. B. Nature, Vol. 345, Issue 6276 https://doi.org/10.1038/345602a0	journal	June 1990
Stability of superconducting La _1.8 Sr _0.2 CaCu ₂ O ₆ with respect to oxygen partial pressure Sakurai, Takeshi; Yamashita, Toru; Yamauchi, H. Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 73, Issue 11 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.354094	journal	June 1993
A comparison of four direct geometry time-of-flight spectrometers at the Spallation Neutron Source Stone, M. B.; Niedziela, J. L.; Abernathy, D. L. Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 85, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4870050	journal	April 2014
Superconducting phase of La 2 Cu O 4 + δ : A superconducting composition resulting from phase separation Jorgensen, J. D.; Dabrowski, B.; Pei, Shiyou Physical Review B, Vol. 38, Issue 16 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.38.11337	journal	December 1988
Structure refinements of superconducting and nonsuperconducting La 1.82 Ca 1.18 Cu 2 O 6 ± δ from neutron-diffraction data Kinoshita, K.; Izumi, F.; Yamada, T. Physical Review B, Vol. 45, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.45.5558	journal	March 1992
Superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in La 2 − x Ca 1 + x Cu 2 O 6 ± δ and La 2 − x Sr x CaCu 2 O 6 ± δ Kinoshita, K.; Yamada, T. Physical Review B, Vol. 46, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.46.9116	journal	October 1992
Defect structure and superconducting properties of La 1.8 Sr x Ca 1.2 − x Cu 2 O 6 − δ Shaked, H.; Jorgensen, J. D.; Hunter, B. A. Physical Review B, Vol. 48, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.12941	journal	November 1993
Structure of the superconducting La 2 CuO 4 + δ phases (δ≊0.08,0.12) prepared by electrochemical oxidation Radaelli, P. G.; Jorgensen, J. D.; Schultz, A. J. Physical Review B, Vol. 48, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.48.499	journal	July 1993
Staggered magnetization in La 2 − x Sr x CuO 4 from La 139 NQR and μSR: Effects of Sr doping in the range 0< x <0.02 Borsa, F.; Carreta, P.; Cho, J. H. Physical Review B, Vol. 52, Issue 10 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.52.7334	journal	September 1995
Electrochemistry and staging in La 2 CuO 4 + δ Blakeslee, P.; Birgeneau, R. J.; Chou, F. C. Physical Review B, Vol. 57, Issue 21 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.13915	journal	June 1998
Electronic phase separation in lightly doped La 2 − x Sr x Cu O 4 Matsuda, M.; Fujita, M.; Yamada, K. Physical Review B, Vol. 65, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.134515	journal	March 2002
Structural and magnetic instabilities of La 2 − x Sr x CaCu 2 O 6 Ulrich, C.; Kondo, S.; Reehuis, M. Physical Review B, Vol. 65, Issue 22 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.65.220507	journal	May 2002
Infrared properties of La 2 − x ( C a , S r ) x CaCu 2 O 6 + δ single crystals Wang, N. L.; Zheng, P.; Feng, T. Physical Review B, Vol. 67, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.67.134526	journal	April 2003
Neutron scattering study on La 1.9 Ca 1.1 Cu 2 O 6 + δ and La 1.85 Sr 0.15 Ca Cu 2 O 6 + δ Hücker, M.; Kim, Young-June; Gu, G. D. Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Issue 9 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.71.094510	journal	March 2005
Nanoscale coherent intergrowthlike defects in a crystal of La 1.9 Ca 1.1 Cu 2 O 6 + δ made superconducting by high-pressure oxygen annealing Hu, Hefei; Zhu, Yimei; Shi, Xiaoya Physical Review B, Vol. 90, Issue 13 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.90.134518	journal	October 2014
Metallic, but Not Superconducting, La-Ba (and La-Sr) Copper Oxides Torrance, J. B.; Tokura, Y.; Nazzal, A. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 60, Issue 6 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.60.542	journal	February 1988
Magnetic phase diagram of lightly doped La 2 − x Sr x CuO 4 from La 139 nuclear quadrupole resonance Chou, F. C.; Borsa, F.; Cho, J. H. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 71, Issue 14 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.71.2323	journal	October 1993
Common Phase Diagram for Antiferromagnetism in La 2 − x Sr x CuO 4 and Y 1 − x Ca x Ba 2 Cu 3 O 6 as Seen by Muon Spin Rotation Niedermayer, Ch.; Bernhard, C.; Blasius, T. Physical Review Letters, Vol. 80, Issue 17 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.3843	journal	April 1998
Incommensurate Spin Fluctuations in High-Transition Temperature Superconductors Wells, B. O.; Lee, Y. S.; Kastner, M. A. Science, Vol. 277, Issue 5329 https://doi.org/10.1126/science.277.5329.1067	journal	August 1997

Similar Records

Electron-phonon coupling and superconductivity in the doped topological crystalline insulator

{({Pb}_{0.5} {Sn}_{0.5})}_{1 - x} {In}_{x} Te

Journal Article · 2020 · Physical Review B · OSTI ID:1677658

Sapkota, A.; Li, Y.; Winn, B. L.; +12 more

Iridium valence variation and carrier sign tuning in

{(Ca, Ba)}_{x} {La}_{2 - x} {CuIrO}_{6}

double perovskites

Journal Article · 2021 · Physical Review Materials · OSTI ID:1798204

Duell, B. A.; Li, Jun; Haskel, D.; +5 more

Antiferromagnetic stacking of ferromagnetic layers and doping-controlled phase competition in

{Ca}_{1 - x} {Sr}_{x} {Co}_{2 - y} {As}_{2}

Journal Article · 2019 · Physical Review B · OSTI ID:1542872

Li, Bing; Sizyuk, Y.; Sangeetha, N. S.; +9 more

Related Subjects

75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Title: Growth and structural characterization of large superconducting crystals of La 2 - x Ca 1 + x Cu 2 O 6

Citation Formats

References (37)

Similar Records

Related Subjects

Title: Growth and structural characterization of large superconducting crystals of ${La}_{2 - x} {Ca}_{1 + x} {Cu}_{2} O_{6}$