Published October 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Structural, transport, and magnetic properties of PrBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ

  • 1. Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084 (China)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080 (China)

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Structural, electrical transport, and magnetic properties of polycrystalline samples of PrBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ were investigated. The solid solubility limit for Sr in PrBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ was found to be about 0.8 and the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal phase transition occurred at x=0.2. With Sr doping, the electrical resistivity reduced abruptly, especially at low temperatures. For the x=0 sample, ρ(20K)/ρ(300K)∼104, for the x=0.8 sample, ρ(20K)/ρ(300K)∼100, while for x=1, ρ(20K)/ρ(300K)∼3. In contrast to the aforementioned change, the antiferromagnetic ordering temperature TN and the effective magnetic moment of Pr ions showed no obvious change indicating their insensitivity to Sr doping. The results are discussed considering the Sr doping induced variation of hybridization between Pr ions and O2p of the CuO2 planes. copyright 1997 The American Physical Society

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Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
56
Journal Issue
14
Journal Page Range
p. 9153-9157
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO