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电流在Pr$_2$CuO$_4$单晶中引起的结构变化

Structural changes induced by electric currents in a single crystal of Pr$_2$CuO$_4$

Susmita Roy, Feng Ye, Zachary Morgan, Syed I. A. Jalali, Yu Zhang, Gang Cao, Nobu-Hisa Kaneko, Martin Greven, Rishi Raj, Dmitry Reznik

AI总结:

本文提出利用电流flash和液氮淬火方法改性Pr$_2$CuO$_4$单晶,发现改性显著增强了Pr-O层的氧空位有序,为层状钙钛矿氧化物的结构和性质电场控制开辟了新途径。

摘要:

我们展示了一种修改钙钛矿结构和电子性质的新方法,重点关注Pr$_2$CuO$_4$,这是一类电子掺杂铜氧化物超导体的未掺杂母体化合物。电流沿平行或垂直于铜氧层的方向通过,电压逐渐升高直到电阻率急剧下降,这一过程被称为“flash”。然后在电流控制模式下将电流进一步增加十倍。通过浸入液氮将这种状态淬火。Flash能驱动许多化合物转变为具有新性质的不同原子结构,而淬火则将其冻结为长寿命状态。对生长态和改性Pr$_2$CuO$_4$的单晶中子衍射揭示了由氧空位有序引起的$\sqrt{10}$x$\sqrt{10}$超晶格。相对于原始样品,改性样品的超晶格衍射峰强度显著增强。改性样品中拉曼活性声子明显锐化。电阻率、磁化和双磁子拉曼散射测量表明,该改性仅影响了Pr-O层,而未影响Cu-O面。这些结果表明,改性样品中氧空位有序的增强远超不通电流所能达到的程度。我们的工作为层状钙钛矿氧化物的电场/淬火控制结构和性质开辟了新途径。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate a novel approach to the structural and electronic property modification of perovskites, focusing on Pr$_2$CuO$_4$, an undoped parent compound of a class of electron-doped copper-oxide superconductors. Currents were passed parallel or perpendicular to the copper-oxygen layers with the voltage ramped up until a rapid drop in the resistivity was achieved, a process referred to as "flash". The current was then further increased tenfold in current-control mode. This state was quenched by immersion into liquid nitrogen. Flash can drive many compounds into different atomic structures with new properties, whereas the quench freezes them into a long-lived state. Single-crystal neutron diffraction of as-grown and modified Pr$_2$CuO$_4$ revealed a $\sqrt{10}$x$\sqrt{10}$ superlattice due to oxygen-vacancy order. The diffraction peak intensities of the superlattice of the modified sample were significantly enhanced relative to the pristine sample. Raman-active phonons in the modified sample were considerably sharper. Measurements of electrical resistivity, magnetization and two-magnon Raman scattering indicate that the modification affected only the Pr-O layers, but not the Cu-O planes. These results point to enhanced oxygen-vacancy order in the modified samples well beyond what can be achieved without passing electrical current. Our work opens a new avenue toward electric field/quench control of structure and properties of layered perovskite oxides.

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