Electrical properties and crystal structures of the homologous series of oxides Nd 2Ba 2Ca mCe nTi 2−δCu 2+δO 11+ m+2 n ( m, n = 0 or 1)

Abstract

Four oxides belonging to the homologous series with the general formula Nd 2Ba 2Ca m Ce n Ti 2−δCu 2+δO 11+ m+2 n , were prepared for m, n = 0 or 1. Although all of these oxides have two-dimensional CuO 2 planes, they do not show any superconductivity, only a normal paramagnetic behavior. Their crystal structures were analyzed by TOF neutron powder diffraction. Nd 2Ba 2Ti 1.908Cu 2.092O 11 ( m=0, n=0 and δ=0.09) is isomorphous with Gd 2Ba 2Ti 2Cu 2O 11. The structures of the other three oxides can be derived from that of Nd 2Ba 2Ti 1.908Cu 2.092O 11. The structure of Nd 2Ba 2Ti 1.92Cu 2.08O 12 ( m=1, n=0 and δ=0.08) is obtained by the substitution of rock-salt-type (Ca,Nd,Ba)O(Ca,Nd,Ba)O layers for the (Nd,Ba)O layer. The structure of Nd 2Ba 2CeTi 2Cu 2O 13 ( m=0, n=1 and δ=0) is characterized by the insertion of fluorite-type (Nd,Ce)O 2(Nd,Ce) layers in the place of the Nd layer. Nd 2Ba 2CaCeTi 2Cu 2O 14 ( m=1, n=1, and δ=0) results from the alternate substitutions of rock-salt-type and fluorite-type layers for the (Nd,Ba)O and Nd layers, respectively.