Published August 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Phase transitions and superconductivity of Sr-substituted La2-xBaxCuO4 (x=0.125)

  • 1. Japan Atomic Energy Res. Inst., Ibaraki (Japan). Dept. of Mater. Sci. and Eng.
  • 2. Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106 (Japan)

Description

Neutron diffraction and magnetic susceptibility measurements have been performed to study the correlations between structural phase transitions and superconductivity in Sr-substituted La2-xBaxCuO4 with x=0.125: La2-xBax-ySryCuO4 with y from 0 to 0.105. The crystal structure at low temperature changes drastically with Sr substitution; that is, the structure transforms from tetragonal P42/ncm (LTT) to orthorhombic Pccn, and then to orthorhombic Cmca (LTO) with increasing y. Corresponding to this stabilization of the LTO structure, the bulk superconducting transition temperature Tc is greatly enhanced. Crystal parameters and bond lengths obtained by profile analysis decrease monotonically as a function of y. A large reduction in the bond length of the Cu-apical O bond is noted for the increase in Tc. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
213-214
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 81-83.
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

Conference

Title
41. Yamada conference - the international conference on neutron scattering (ICNS-41).
Dates
11-14 Oct 1994.
Place
Sendai (Japan).