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Chapter 8: Crystal Structures of High-T~ Superconducting Cuprates
Atom WP
PS x y z Occ.
La c 8(i)
Cu 4(d)
O(1) 8(i)
0(2) 4(e)
0(3) 4(a)
9 .m 0.0036 0.0036 0.36074
1 0 1
9 .2/m ~
..m 0.4826 0.0174 0.31791
1 1
0.5074
2 .mm ~
2.22 ! ~ !
4 4 2
a
Value taken from figure.
b Modification stable below 60 K.
CLa = La0.9275Bao.0725.
0201
La2ful O4.08
B2DO4, tI14, (139) I4/mmm-e2ca
-O2D-BO-OB-
La2fuO4.o81, a T c = 42 K, PN, RT, Rwp -- 0.0643 (Radaelli et al., 1993a)
(69) Fmmm, a = 5.33794, b = 5.4106, c = 13.2155 A, b Z --- 4
a 1 +a2, --a 1 +a2, c
Atom WP PS x y
Occ.
La 8(i) mm2 0 0 0.3601
1 0 1
Cu 4(a) mmm ~
1 0.029 0.3180
O(1) 16(m) m..
0(2) 32(p) 1 0.546 0.124 0.313
1 1 1
0(3) 8(e) . .2/m ~ ~
1 1 1
0(4) 8(f) 222 ~ ~
0.4225
0.045
0.0155
a
Electrochemically oxidized; oxygen content La2Cu04.12 from TG analysis.
b Average structure; additional reflections indicate superstructure.
Compound a (A) b (A) c (A) T c (K)
Ref.
Sr2CuO2F2.57 5.394 5.513
13.468
La2CuO4.o81 a
5.33794 5.4106 13.2155 b
46
42
a
Electrochemically oxidized; oxygen content La2CuO4.12 from TG analysis.
b Additional reflections indicate superstructure.
References: 1, A1-Mamouri et aL (1994); 2, Radaelli et al. (1993a).
0201 compounds are usually referred to as T phases. Superconductivity in
the La-Ba-Cu-O system was first reported by Bednorz and Mfiller (1986) with a
critical temperature close to 30 K. The superconducting compound was later
identified as La2_xBaxCuO4 (Takagi
et al.,
1987), and the first structural
refinement was carried out by Jorgensen
et al.
(1987b). Superconductivity
(T c = 36K) in the La-Sr-Cu-O system was reported by Cava
et al.
(1987d)
for the composition Lal.8Sro.2CuO4. At room temperature both the Ba- and Sr-
containing compounds crystallize with a tetragonal, K2NiFa-type structure
(I4/mmm)
(Balz, 1953). At low temperature (T ,~ 200 K for Lal.85Sro.15CuO4)
they undergo a structural phase transition from tetragonal to orthorhombic
(Bmab,
La2CuO4 type, Grande
et al.,
1977), caused by a tilting of the CuO6