Published September 1, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Oxygen withdrawal, copper valency, and interface reaction for Fe/La/sub 1.85/Sr/sub 0.15/CuO4

  • 1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455

Description

High-resolution x-ray photoemission spectroscopy was used to study reactive interface formation for Fe adatoms deposited onto the high-temperature superconductor La/sub 1.85/Sr/sub 0.15/CuO4. Fe deposition reduces the emission within ≅3 eV of the Fermi level, indicating disruption of the hybrid Cu 3d/sub x//sub <2/-y/sup =/--O 2p/sub x//sub ,//sub y/ states responsible for superconductivity. Strong reaction of Fe adatoms with substrate oxygen is observed for coverages ranging from 0.25 to 8 A, and oxygen is withdrawn to form Fe-O. The chemical states of Cu are selectively changed with a quenching of the Cu/sup 2+/ configuration but the persistence of the Cu/sup 1+/ configuration

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Journal Title
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
7
Series
Phys. Rev., B: Condens. Matter.
Journal Page Range
3979-3982
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMD