LiFeAs的超导和晶体结构对水静压的反应
Masaki Mito1, Michael J Pitcher, Wilson Crichton
1Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, United Kingdom.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|February 12, 2009
概括
液压压力降低了 LiFeAs 中的超导性. 这种材料由于其小离子具有独特的压缩性,影响FeAs4四面体结构和超导特性.
科学领域:
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 超导电性 超导电性 超导电性
背景情况:
- 铁化 (LiFeAs) 是一种重要的基于铁的超导体.
- 了解压力对其超导特性的影响对于材料设计至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究水静压对LiFeAs.C的超导过渡温度 (T(c)) 的影响.
- 描述高压下LiFeAs的压缩性和结构反应.
主要方法:
- 在高达1.3GPa的水静压下测量了超导过渡温度.
- 用X射线粉末衍射分析了使用钻石细胞和气压力介质分析高达17GPa的结构变化.
主要成果:
- 超导过渡温度 (T(c)) 单调下降,压力以大约-2 K GPa(-1) 的速度下降.
- 与其他分层超导体相比,LiFeAs具有较低的散量模量 (57.3~6 GPa) 和同位压缩.
- 增加的压力导致FeAs(4) 四面体的显著扭曲,Fe-Fe距离比Fe-As距离收缩更多.
结论:
- 在压力下观察到的T ((c) 的下降与铁基超导体中最佳T ((c) 和常规FeAs ((4) 四面体之间的相关性相一致.
- LiFeAs的独特可压缩性,归因于小离子,显著影响其在压力下的结构和超导行为.
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