Title
Aging effect in CaLaBa{Cu1 - xFex}3O7 - δ with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.07 studied by Mössbauer spectroscopy
Date Issued
01 November 2011
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Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Abstract
In this work, we study the long-term aging effect caused by Fe atoms in the superconductor CaLaBa{Cu1 - xFex}3O7 - δ with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.07. XRD confirms that this system has a YBCO-like structure. The critical temperature (Tc) is strongly affected by aging and depends on the amount of Fe in the structure. Room temperature Mössbauer spectroscopy reveals the presence of the typical species A, B-B′, C and new species E′ and F. Interestingly; A, which corresponds to the Fe3+ atom located in the Cu(1) of the chains with spin Sz = 3/2, shows a drastic reduction which means migration to the species B, B′ and C. Species B and B′ correspond to the Fe3+ in the Cu(2) site forming planar quasi-octahedral and planar square pyramidal, while the C specie is a square pyramidal with O(5) respectively (spin Sz = 3/2 in all these cases). Aging causes loss of superconductivity in the samples with 5 and 7% of iron content. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
Start page
119
End page
124
Volume
203
Issue
March 1
Language
English
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-81555197111
Source
Hyperfine Interactions
ISSN of the container
03043843
Sponsor(s)
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Vice-council of Research of the University of San Marcos (Contract No. 091301051). The work in Cambridge was supported by the European Union program ALBAN (Contract No. E06D101257PE). The work in Japan was supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS contract No PE10027). The work in Japan was also partially supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (No. 20108011, π-Space) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT); a Collaborative Research Project of the Materials and Structures Laboratory (Tokyo Institute of Technology) and the World Class University Program of the Sunchon National University, Korea. The authors are indebted to Mirtha Pillaca for the XRD measurements and Miriam Mejía for the Mössbauer measurements.
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