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Microstructure of quasi-one-dimensional superconductor KCr3As3prepared by K-ion deintercalation
Lu Zhang1,2, Jun Li1, Qingge Mu1,2
1Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
The microstructure of quasi-one-dimensional KCr3As3(133) superconductors, which were prepared by chemical cation deintercalation from their counterpart K2Cr3As3(233) compounds, are investigated using scanning transmission electron microscopy. The nominal KCr3As3crystals generally exhibit irregular nanoscale 133-phase domains accompanied by an amorphous As-deficient phase and cracks as a result of alkali cation deintercalation processes. Analysis of local defective structures reveals the existence of an intermediate state in the transformation from 233 to 133 phase and a possible K-deficient 233-type structure as a nanoscale cluster. Our microscopic investigations offer insight into the microstructure of KCr3As3and the alkali metal cation deintercalation processes.
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