Published April 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Structural disorder in YSr2Cu2CoO7 and substituted variants

  • 1. Univ. of Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Description

The phase YSr2Cu2CoO7 (orthorhombic, Ima2) is structurally related to YSr2Cu2GaO7, but has a component of disorder associated with the oxygen sublattice. Substitutions of small amounts of Ba for Sr, or Cu for Co, have been studied, and shown by powder diffraction methods to increase the level of disorder. YSr1.8Ba0.2Cu2CoO7 and YSr2Cu2.25Co0.75O7, for example, have been shown by neutron diffraction to have tetragonal symmetry (P4/mmm), which appears related to significant displacements of some of the oxygen ions. The nature of the disorder in the parent phase is discussed and compared with the structural observations on substituted derivatives. 17 refs., 6 figs., 5 tabs

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Journal Title
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 472-480.
ISSN
0022-4596
CODEN
JSSCBI