ISSN:
1588-2780
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract The as-prepared electron-doped system Nd2−xCexCuO4 (where x≈0.16) is not superconducting. It becomes superconducting only after removal of a minuscule amount of extraneous oxygen (0.02 of O per unit formula). Mössbauer effect studies were carried out for oxygenated and deoxygenated Nd2−xCexCu(57Co)O4 with x=0.14, 0.16, and 0.18. The spectra show evidence of oxygen anions attaching to the probe57Co in apical positions, to form 5- and 6-coordinated species. A conventional procedure for deoxygenation brings about little change in the Mössbauer spectra both above and below the optimal superconducting concentration; however, for x=0.16, a dramatic change is observed—a major fraction of the magnetically split five-coordinated species manifests itself as a paramagnetically relaxed doublet upon deoxygenation, which costitutes a microscopic measure of the superconducting volume fraction. This apparently anomalous behavior at x≈0.16, where the extraneous oxygen is more readily desorbed, may be related to an electronic and/or local structural change in the CuO2 plane.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02040017
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