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Metal-insulator transition and spin gap in the spin-ladder cuprate Sr14−x A x Cu24O41 (A=Ca, Ba, Y, La)

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We have investigated the transport and magnetic properties of Sr14−x A x Cu24O41 (A=Ca, Ba, Y, La) consisting of two-dimensional Cu2O3 planes, namely, so-called spin-ladders with two legs and also of one-dimensional CuO2 chains. Sr14Cu24O41 exhibits a semiconductive behavior. Forx(Ca)≧8.4, metallic behavior is observed in the thermoelectric power measurements, but superconductivity does not appear. The susceptibility exhibits a broad peak around 80 K forx=0. With incresingx, the Curie component at low temperatures increases and the broad peak disappears. It has been concluded that the broad peak is due to spin gap of the CuO2 chains and that the Cu2+ spins in the Cu2O3 planes have already formed spin-singlet pairs below room temperature. A model on the spin configuration in the CuO2 chains at low temperatures is proposed, depending on the value ofx.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University, 980-77, Sendai, Japan

    Masatsune Kato, Kazunori Shiota, Tadashi Adachi & Yoji Koike

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Kato, M., Shiota, K., Adachi, T. et al. Metal-insulator transition and spin gap in the spin-ladder cuprate Sr14−x A x Cu24O41 (A=Ca, Ba, Y, La). Czech J Phys 46 (Suppl 5), 2701–2702 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02570337

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