Oxygen distribution inLa1.8Sr0.2CuO4−δ: Effects on transport properties

Autor: J.P Abriata, F. De La Cruz, R. Decca, D. Serafini
Rok vydání: 1993
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Zdroj: Physical Review B. 48:4014-4018
ISSN: 1095-3795
0163-1829
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.48.4014
Popis: We determined the effect of oxygen depletion on transport properties of La 1.8 Sr 0.2 CuO 4-δ ceramic samples measuring simultaneously the change of resistivity and mass as a function of oxygen partial pressure, at 900 o C. It has been found that the sample resistance is extremely sensitive to small changes of the sample oxygen content, indicating that oxygen vacancies are highly correlated. The results support a granular picture where quasiparticles in the normal state and electron pairs in the superconducting state tunnel through insulating barriers. In this picture oxygen occupies two well distinguishable regions in the sample: one associated to the intragrain superconducting material and the other ot the intergrains weak links
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