Structural study of Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 3+delta} by neutron powder diffraction
Author(s) -
Yuichi Shimakawa,
J. D. Jorgensen,
J. F. Mitchell,
B. A. Hunter,
S. Shaked,
D. G. Hinks,
R. L. Hitterman,
Zenji Hiroi,
M. Takano
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/394414
Subject(s) - tetragonal crystal system , neutron diffraction , superconductivity , crystallography , crystal structure , materials science , powder diffraction , diffraction , x ray crystallography , high temperature superconductivity , delta , mineralogy , condensed matter physics , chemistry , physics , optics , astronomy
Average crystal structures of superconducting Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 3+{delta}} synthesized at ambient pressure from a hydroxometallate precursor were refined from neutron powder diffraction data. A simplified model was used to fit the modulated superstructures. Both compounds have an oxygen deficient La{sub 2}CuO{sub 4}-type tetragonal T structure with O vacancies located in the CuO{sub 2} planes, not in the Sr{sub 2}O{sub 2} layers. This raises important questions about the superconductivity in Sr{sub 2}CuO{sub 3+{delta}} reported to be a 70 K superconductor
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