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Title: Local structure of Sr 2 CuO 3.3 , a 95 K cuprate superconductor without CuO 2 planes

Abstract

The local structure of the highly “overdoped” 95 K superconductor Sr 2 CuO 3.3 determined by Cu K X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) at 62 K in magnetically oriented samples shows that 1) the magnetization is perpendicular to the c axis; 2) at these levels of precision the Cu sublattice is tetragonal in agreement with the crystal structure; the O sublattice has 3) continuous -Cu-O- chains that orient perpendicular to an applied magnetic field; 4) approximately half-filled -Cu-O- chains that orient parallel to this field; 5) a substantial number of apical O vacancies; 6) O ions at some apical positions with expanded Cu-O distances; and 7) interstitial positions that imply highly displaced Sr ions. These results contradict the universally accepted features of cuprates that require intact CuO 2 planes, magnetization along the c axis, and a termination of the superconductivity when the excess charge on the CuO 2 Cu ions exceeds 0.27. These radical differences in charge and structure demonstrate that this compound constitutes a separate class of Cu-O–based superconductors in which the superconductivity originates in a different, more complicated structural unit than CuO 2 planes while retaining exceptionally high transition temperatures.

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST); National Natural Science Foundation (NSF) of China
OSTI Identifier:
1599910
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OSTI ID: 1608342
Grant/Contract Number:  
1928874; P1-0040; 2018YFA03057001; 2017YFA0302901; 11820101003; 2016YFA0300301; 2015CB921000; 112111KYS820150017; AC02-76SF00515
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Published Article
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 117 Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of Sciences
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; overdoped cuprate; CuO2 plane; high-temperature superconductivity; X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

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Conradson, Steven D., Geballe, Theodore H., Jin, Changqing, Cao, Lipeng, Baldinozzi, Gianguido, Jiang, Jack M., Latimer, Matthew J., and Mueller, Oliver. Local structure of Sr 2 CuO 3.3 , a 95 K cuprate superconductor without CuO 2 planes. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1918890117.
Conradson, Steven D., Geballe, Theodore H., Jin, Changqing, Cao, Lipeng, Baldinozzi, Gianguido, Jiang, Jack M., Latimer, Matthew J., & Mueller, Oliver. Local structure of Sr 2 CuO 3.3 , a 95 K cuprate superconductor without CuO 2 planes. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918890117
Conradson, Steven D., Geballe, Theodore H., Jin, Changqing, Cao, Lipeng, Baldinozzi, Gianguido, Jiang, Jack M., Latimer, Matthew J., and Mueller, Oliver. Fri . "Local structure of Sr 2 CuO 3.3 , a 95 K cuprate superconductor without CuO 2 planes". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1918890117.
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title = {Local structure of Sr 2 CuO 3.3 , a 95 K cuprate superconductor without CuO 2 planes},
author = {Conradson, Steven D. and Geballe, Theodore H. and Jin, Changqing and Cao, Lipeng and Baldinozzi, Gianguido and Jiang, Jack M. and Latimer, Matthew J. and Mueller, Oliver},
abstractNote = {The local structure of the highly “overdoped” 95 K superconductor Sr 2 CuO 3.3 determined by Cu K X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) at 62 K in magnetically oriented samples shows that 1) the magnetization is perpendicular to the c axis; 2) at these levels of precision the Cu sublattice is tetragonal in agreement with the crystal structure; the O sublattice has 3) continuous -Cu-O- chains that orient perpendicular to an applied magnetic field; 4) approximately half-filled -Cu-O- chains that orient parallel to this field; 5) a substantial number of apical O vacancies; 6) O ions at some apical positions with expanded Cu-O distances; and 7) interstitial positions that imply highly displaced Sr ions. These results contradict the universally accepted features of cuprates that require intact CuO 2 planes, magnetization along the c axis, and a termination of the superconductivity when the excess charge on the CuO 2 Cu ions exceeds 0.27. These radical differences in charge and structure demonstrate that this compound constitutes a separate class of Cu-O–based superconductors in which the superconductivity originates in a different, more complicated structural unit than CuO 2 planes while retaining exceptionally high transition temperatures.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1918890117},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 9,
volume = 117,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Fri Feb 14 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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