Common crystalline and magnetic structure of superconducting A 2Fe4Se5 (A=K,Rb,Cs,Tl) single crystals measured using neutron diffraction

F. Ye, S. Chi, Wei Bao, X. F. Wang, J. J. Ying, X. H. Chen, H. D. Wang, C. H. Dong, Minghu Fang

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Abstract

Single-crystal neutron diffraction studies on superconductors A 2Fe4Se5, where A=Rb, Cs, (Tl, Rb), and (Tl, K) (Tc∼30K), uncover the same Fe vacancy ordered crystal structure and the same block antiferromagnetic order as in K2Fe 4Se5. The Fe order-disorder transition occurs at T S=500-578K, and the antiferromagnetic transition at T N=471-559K with an ordered magnetic moment ∼3.3μB/ Fe at 10 K. Thus, all recently discovered A intercalated iron selenide superconductors share the common crystalline and magnetic structure, which are very different from previous families of Fe-based superconductors, and constitute a distinct new 245 family.

Original languageEnglish
Article number137003
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume107
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 19 2011

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