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From the intensities of superstructure reflections, the structure of the ortho-II phase in YBa2Cu3O5.51(5) (Tc=55.8K) was determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction. In the basal plane of the 2a×b×c supercell, the oxygen atoms order to alternating Cu−O−Cu and Cu−Cu chains. Due to the oxygen order, the barium and yttrium atoms are displaced in (100) direction in an antiferrodistortive way (Ba-shift: 0.046Å toward the Cu−O−Cu chains, Y-shift: 0.008Å toward the Cu−Cu chains). The apex oxygen and copper atoms of the superconducting planes are displaced in (001) direction. The Ba displacements are confirmed by anomalous scattering near the Ba−K absorption edge observed by synchrotron x-ray diffraction. A rigid ion model shows that the cation displacements stabilize the ortho-II structure by reducing its lattice energy.
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Zeiske, T., Hohlwein, D., Sonntag, R. et al. On the structure of the superconducting ortho-II phase of YBa2Cu3O6.51 . J. Electron. Mater. 22, 1227–1231 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02818065
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