Site Selectivity on Chalcogen Atoms in Superconducting La(O,F)BiSSe
Abstract
Single crystals of La(O,F)BiSSe were successfully grown by a CsCl flux method. Single crystal X-ray structural analysis revealed that the crystal structure is isostructural with BiS2- or BiSe2-based compounds with space group P4/nmm (lattice parameters a = 4.1110(2) , c = 13.6010(7) ). However, the S atoms are selectively occupied at the apical site of the Bi-SSe pyramids in the superconducting layer. The single crystals show a superconducting transition at 4.2 K in the magnetic susceptibility and resistivity measurement. The superconducting anisotropic parameter is determined to be 34 from its upper critical magnetic field. The anisotropy is in the same range with that of other members of the La(O,F)BiCh2 (Ch = S, Se) family under ambient pressure.
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