Abstract
The structural and superconducting properties of orthorhombic and tetragonal have been determined for a wide range of stoichiometries (). In the orthorhombic phase, decreases smoothly as increases and reaches zero at the orthorhombic-to-tetragonal transition. Tetragonal is not superconducting at any stoichiometry. This systematic depression of is correlated with the decrease in the oxygen content which alters the electronic structure of the Cu-O networks.
- Received 9 July 1987
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.36.5731
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