MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES INDUCED BY LATTICE INSTABILITIES IN LA2-XBAXCUO4 (X=0.125) AND ND2NIO4

被引:22
作者
CHEN, CH
CHEONG, SW
WERDER, DJ
TAKAGI, H
机构
[1] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill
来源
PHYSICA C | 1993年 / 206卷 / 3-4期
关键词
D O I
10.1016/0921-4534(93)90513-P
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We have studied the microstructural changes associated with the structural phase transition from a low-temperature orthorhombic phase to a low-temperature tetragonal phase in metallic La2-xBaxCuO4 and insulating Nd2NiO4. Employing electron microscopy, diffraction and dark field imaging the transition was found to be similar in both systems. Below the transition temperature a fine mixture exists of both tetragonal and orthorhombic domains. Details of microstructural changes of defect networks are compound specific. A simple model is also proposed to understand the microstructural changes observed in these two systems.
引用
收藏
页码:183 / 194
页数:12
相关论文
共 14 条
[1]   STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSFORMATIONS AND SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LA2-XBAXCUO4 [J].
AXE, JD ;
MOUDDEN, AH ;
HOHLWEIN, D ;
COX, DE ;
MOHANTY, KM ;
MOODENBAUGH, AR ;
XU, YW .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1989, 62 (23) :2751-2754
[2]   LOW-TEMPERATURE MICROSTRUCTURE AND PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN LA2-XSRXCUO4 AND LA2-XBAXCUO4 [J].
CHEN, CH ;
CHEONG, SW ;
WERDER, DJ ;
COOPER, AS ;
RUPP, LW .
PHYSICA C, 1991, 175 (3-4) :301-309
[3]   MICRO-TWIN AND ANTIPHASE DOMAIN BOUNDARIES IN THE ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE OF LA2-X(SR, BA)XCUO4 [J].
CHEN, CH ;
WERDER, DJ ;
CHEONG, SW ;
TAKAGI, H .
PHYSICA C, 1991, 183 (1-3) :121-129
[4]   OXYGEN ISOTOPE EFFECT AND STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN LA2CUO4-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS [J].
CRAWFORD, MK ;
FARNETH, WE ;
MCCARRON, EM ;
HARLOW, RL ;
MOUDDEN, AH .
SCIENCE, 1990, 250 (4986) :1390-1394
[5]   TEMPERATURE AND COMPOSITION DEPENDENCE OF THE TETRAGONAL-ORTHORHOMBIC DISTORTION IN LA2-XSRXCUO4-DELTA [J].
FLEMING, RM ;
BATLOGG, B ;
CAVA, RJ ;
RIETMAN, EA .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1987, 35 (13) :7191-7194
[6]  
KOIKE Y, 1991, SOLID STATE COMMUN, V78, P142
[7]   PHYSICS OF COMPLEX METALS - TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RESISTIVITIES IN IONIC SUPERCONDUCTORS AND STABLE QUASI-CRYSTALS [J].
PHILLIPS, JC .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1992, 46 (13) :8542-8558
[8]   ANOMALOUS PROPERTIES AND MICROSTRUCTURAL MODEL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN LA2-X(BA,SR)XCUO4 [J].
PHILLIPS, JC ;
RABE, KM .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (06) :2863-2866
[9]   STRUCTURAL PHASE-TRANSITIONS AND 3-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETIC-ORDERING IN THE ND2NIO4 OXIDE [J].
RODRIGUEZCARVAJAL, J ;
FERNANDEZDIAZ, MT ;
MARTINEZ, JL ;
FERNANDEZ, F ;
SAEZPUCHE, R .
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS, 1990, 11 (03) :261-268
[10]   ON THE POSSIBLE MECHANISM OF THE SUCCESSIVE STRUCTURAL TRANSITIONS OF LA2-XBAXCUO4 - STUDY BY THE LI SUBSTITUTION FOR CU [J].
SHAMOTO, S ;
SERA, M ;
SATO, M .
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 1990, 76 (07) :923-927