Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of SrCu2As2, SrCu2Sb2 and BaCu2Sb2

Details Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of SrCu2As2, SrCu2Sb2 and BaCu2Sb2 Crystal Growth and Physical Properties of SrCu2As2, SrCu2Sb2 and BaCu2Sb2

2011-12-12

arxiv.org/abs/1112.2722v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

19 pages, 21 figures, 7 tables

Scientific paper

We report the growth of single crystals of SrCu2As2, SrCu2Sb2, SrCu2(As{0.84}Sb{0.16})2 and BaCu2Sb2 using the self-flux technique and their structural, magnetic, thermal and transport properties that were investigated by powder x-ray diffraction XRD, magnetic susceptibility chi, specific heat Cp and electrical resistivity rho measurements versus temperature T from 1.8 to 350 K. Rietveld refinements of XRD patterns for crushed crystals confirm that SrCu2As2 crystallizes in the ThCr2Si2-type structure and SrCu2Sb2 crystallizes in the CaBe2Ge2-type structure. However, BaCu2Sb2 is found to have a large unit cell consisting of three blocks. Here a ThCr2Si2-type block is sandwiched between two CaBe2Ge2-type blocks along the c-axis, as reported, but likely with a monoclinic distortion. The chi data of all these compounds are diamagnetic and reveal nearly T-independent anisotropic behavior. The finite values of the Sommerfeld linear specific heat coefficients gamma and the T dependences of rho reveal metallic character of all four compounds. The electronic and magnetic properties indicate that these compounds are sp metals with Cu in the 3d^{10} electronic configuration corresponding to the oxidation state Cu^{+1}, as previously predicted theoretically for SrCu2As2 by D. J. Singh [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 79}, 153102 (2009)]. This result suggests that partial Cu substitutions for Fe in, e.g., BaFe2As2 may result in hole doping of the compound instead of the expected electron doping. Alternative doping scenarios are also discussed.

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