NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPIC EVIDENCE FOR CLUSTER FORMATION AND PERCOLATIVE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN PR2-XCEXCUO4-DELTA (0-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-X-LESS-THAN-OR-EQUAL-TO-0.2)

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HENGGELER, W [1 ]
CUNTZE, G [1 ]
MESOT, J [1 ]
KLAUDA, M [1 ]
SAEMANNISCHENKO, G [1 ]
FURRER, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV ERLANGEN NURNBERG,INST PHYS,D-91058 ERLANGEN,GERMANY
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1995年 / 29卷 / 03期
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10.1209/0295-5075/29/3/008
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We used neutron crystal field spectroscopy as a local probe to investigate cluster formations in the electron-doped compound Pr2-xCexCuO4-delta. The observed energy spectra were indeed found to result from a superposition of three different components which we interpret in terms of local regions of undoped, intermediately doped and highly doped character. The volume fraction of the doped clusters is shown to reach the percolation limit for x approximate to 0.14 where the onset of superconductivity is observed. The highly doped clusters are presumably controlled by a charge transfer mechanism.
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