Abstract
A new oxygen-deficient perovskite, LaSrCuAlO5, has been prepared. The compound crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system with the space group Pbcm. The unit cell dimensions (Z = 4) are a = 7.9219(6), b = 11.020(1), and c = 5.4235(4) Å. The compound is a layered copper oxide with a structure related to that of the mineral brownmillerite. Important structural features include buckled copper oxygen planes and nonmagnetic, insulating aluminum-oxygen chains that alternate with the copper oxygen planes along the 7.9-Å axis. Resistivity measurements show that LaSrCuAlO5 is a semiconductor (ρ{variant}300 K = 0.065 Ω cm) and magnetic susceptibility measurements demonstrate that the compound is paramagnetic down to 4 K.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 250-260 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Solid State Chemistry |
Volume | 88 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Ceramics and Composites
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
- Materials Chemistry