Crystal growth and characterization of two-leg spin ladder compounds: Sr14Cu24O41 and Sr2Ca12Cu24O41

Vanishri, S and Marin, C and Bhat, HL and Salce, B and Braithwaite, D and Regnault, LP (2009) Crystal growth and characterization of two-leg spin ladder compounds: Sr14Cu24O41 and Sr2Ca12Cu24O41. In: Journal of Crystal Growth, 311 (15). pp. 3830-3834.

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Abstract

Single crystals of Sr14−xCaxCu24O41 (x=0 and 12) are grown by the travelling solvent floating zone technique using an image furnace. The grown crystals are characterized for their single crystallinity by the X-ray and Neutron Laue method. The magnetic susceptibility measurements in Sr14Cu24O41 show considerable anisotropy along the main crystallographic axes. Low-temperature specific heat measurement and DC susceptibility measurement in Ca-doped crystal showed antiferromagnetic ordering at 2.8 K at ambient pressure. High-pressure AC susceptibility measurement on Ca-doped crystal showed a sharp superconducting transition at 2 K under 40 kbars. Tc onset reached a maximum value of 9.9 K at 54 kbars. The bulk superconductivity of the sample is confirmed by the high-pressure AC calorimetry with Tc max=9.4 K and TN=5 K at 56 kbars.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Crystal Growth
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Floating zone technique;Single crystal growth;Travelling solvent zone growth;Cuprates;Oxide superconducting materials.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	27 Oct 2009 12:22
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:45
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/23271

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