STRUCTURAL AND DEFECT PROPERTIES OF HIGH-T(C) OXIDES DETERMINED BY ATOMISTIC LATTICE SIMULATION

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作者
ALLAN, NL [1 ]
BARAM, PS [1 ]
GORMEZANO, A [1 ]
MACKRODT, WC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV OXFORD,DEPT THEORET CHEM,OXFORD OX1 3UB,ENGLAND
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10.1039/jm9940400817
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Atomistic lattice simulations are used to study three sets of high-temperature superconducting cuprates. We concentrate on: (i) the crystal structure of the family of compounds RE2MCu2O6 (RE = La, Nd, Y; M = Ca, Sr, Ba); different members of this family have different cation orderings, and only those with divalent cations between the CuO5 pyramids appear to give rise to high-T(c) behaviour; (ii) the thermodynamic stability of the tetragonal 'infinite-layer' compounds MCuO2 (M = Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba), and the calculated defect chemistry of tetragonal CaCuO2 and SrCuO2; (iii) oxygen vacancy energies in YBa2Cu3O7 and YBa2Cu4O8. In each case the implications for the high-T(c) properties of these materials are discussed.
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