Structural analysis, magnetic and transport properties of the (Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 system

Details Structural analysis, magnetic and transport properties of the (Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 system Structural analysis, magnetic and transport properties of the (Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 system

2004-11-16

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0411401v2

Published in:Superconductor Science & Technology 18 (2005) 1003-1009

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

21 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0953-2048/18/7/013

The effects of Co substitution on structural and superconducting properties of RuSr2GdCu2O8 compound have been studied. Rietveld refinements of the X-ray diffraction patterns indicate that the cobalt ion progressively replaces ruthenium sites. This replacement induces significant changes on the crystal structure and on the magnetic and superconducting properties. The effects Co substitution on the superconducting behaviour, and more particulary on the changes induce by the hole doping mechanism, were investigated in (Ru1-xCox)Sr2GdCu2O8 by a "bond valence sum" analysis with Co content from x= 0.0 to x = 0.2. The weak ferromagnetic transition at Tm= 138.2 K is shifted to lower temperature, and suppressed at higher Co content. From the crystallographic point of view the Ru-O(1)-Cu bond angle, associated to the rotation of the RuO6 octahedra, around the c-axis remain essetially constant when Ru is substituted by Co. Furthermore, increasing Co content has the effect to increase the weak ferromagnetic moment, which may be interpreted as the main responsible for breaking the delicate balance between magnetic and superconducting ordering.

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