ABSENCE OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN THE DOPED ANTIFERROMAGNETIC SPIN LADDER COMPOUND (LA,SR)CUO2.5

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HIROI, Z
TAKANO, M
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[1] Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji
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10.1038/377041a0
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
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A SPIN-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic ladder is a model system comprising parallel chains of interacting elemental spins. Spin ladders having an even number of chains have been predicted(1-6) to exhibit interesting dynamics, including superconductivity, when unoccupied spin sites are introduced along the chain (that is, when the chains are doped with holes). Spin-ladder models thus provide a novel potential mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity in real materials. But unfortunately materials with spin-ladder structure are quite rare(4-10), and the few known compounds have not previously been doped successfully with holes. Here we report the high-pressure synthesis of a new hole-doped two-chain ladder compound, La1-xSrxCuO2.5. We have observed a marked insulator-to-metal transition in this compound with increased doping, but no superconducting transition down to 5 K. The absence of superconductivity in this material must be reconciled with theoretical predictions based on ideal hole-doped spin-ladder models.
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