Abstract
For the first time large samples of the nominal composition Sr1-xNdxCuO2 (x=0.07, 0.15) 10 g in mass each have been prepared using a high-pressure technique. Neutron-diffraction and X-ray measurements have shown that the main phase in the samples obtained is of the infinite-layer structure which has been refined in the tetragonal P4/mmm space group. Both samples are not superconducting. Inelastic neutron scattering has been employed to search for crystalline-electric-field transitions in these compounds. The observed low-energy spectra exhibit one inelastic line of magnetic origin at 18 meV, comparable in energy with a crystalline-electric-field excitation in the high-Tc superconductor NdBa2Cu3Ox.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 311-317 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications |
Volume | 230 |
Issue number | 3-4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 10 1994 |
Externally published | Yes |