Synthesis and structural characterisation of YSr2Cu3−xMxO7±y (M = Fe, Ti, Al, Co, Ga, Pb; 0.5 < x < 1), and the non-existence of the parent phase YSr2Cu3O7

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Abstract

The possibility of synthesising phases of general composition YSr2Cu3−xMxOy has been examined for a wide variety of metals M. Single phase tetragonal products (typically a = 3.83 Å, c = 11.5 Å) can be synthesised provided that the concentration of M is sufficiently large (x > 0.5), and M has a preference for the Cu(1) sites (the four-coordinate sites) of the YBa2Cu3O7, structure. Neutron diffraction has demonstrated that a high degree of disorder exists in the (001) planes containing the M cations and, in particular, significant oxygen displacements are found. The non-existence of the unsubstituted variant YSr2Cu3O7 is explained in terms of the high degree of compressive stress on the Cu(1) sites which could exist in such a material.

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