Scale-free structural organization of oxygen interstitials in La2CuO4+y

M Fratini, N Poccia, A Ricci, G Campi, M Burghammer… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
M Fratini, N Poccia, A Ricci, G Campi, M Burghammer, G Aeppli, A Bianconi
Nature, 2010nature.com
It is well known that the microstructures of the transition-metal oxides,,, including the high-
transition-temperature (high-T c) copper oxide superconductors,,,, are complex. This is
particularly so when there are oxygen interstitials or vacancies, which influence the bulk
properties. For example, the oxygen interstitials in the spacer layers separating the
superconducting CuO2 planes undergo ordering phenomena in Sr2O1+ y CuO2 (ref.),
YBa2Cu3O6+ y (ref.) and La2CuO4+ y (refs) that induce enhancements in the transition …
Abstract
It is well known that the microstructures of the transition-metal oxides,,, including the high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) copper oxide superconductors,,,, are complex. This is particularly so when there are oxygen interstitials or vacancies, which influence the bulk properties. For example, the oxygen interstitials in the spacer layers separating the superconducting CuO2 planes undergo ordering phenomena in Sr2O1+yCuO2 (ref. ), YBa2Cu3O6+y (ref. ) and La2CuO4+y (refs ) that induce enhancements in the transition temperatures with no changes in hole concentrations. It is also known that complex systems often have a scale-invariant structural organization, but hitherto none had been found in high-Tc materials. Here we report that the ordering of oxygen interstitials in the La2O2+y spacer layers of La2CuO4+y high-Tc superconductors is characterized by a fractal distribution up to a maximum limiting size of 400 μm. Intriguingly, these fractal distributions of dopants seem to enhance superconductivity at high temperature.
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