Issue 7, 2022

The universal relationship between sample dimensions and cooperative phenomena: effects of fractal dimension on the electronic properties of high-TC cuprate observed using electron spin resonance

Abstract

As demonstrated by the unique electronic properties of nanostructured materials, which are qualitatively different from the bulk properties of the same materials, there should be a general relationship between the dimensions of the sample structures and the physical/chemical properties. However, it is demanding to examine this intriguing problem experimentally, because one cannot prepare a series of samples based on the same material with systematically varying and noninteger dimensions. This problem is solved by considering the fractal dimensions of samples. The electronic structures of a series of powder samples of the high-TC superconductor YBa2Cu3O7−δ with the fractal dimensions (Df) of 2.5–3.0 were investigated using the electron spin resonance (ESR) spectra at 293 K, to determine a general and quantitative relationship between the electronic properties and fractal dimensions of the samples. The observed Df-dependences of ESR parameters, such as g-values and linewidths, were quantitatively consistent with those of the critical temperatures, critical current densities, and lower critical magnetic fields, all of which exhibited anomalies at Df ∼ 2.9. Considering the geometrical features of the fractal models, a hypothesis for explaining the observed Df-dependences of the cooperative phenomena has been proposed, suggesting a universal structural instability at particular fractal dimensions, which affects all the physical and chemical properties of the samples.

Graphical abstract: The universal relationship between sample dimensions and cooperative phenomena: effects of fractal dimension on the electronic properties of high-TC cuprate observed using electron spin resonance

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Oct 2021
Accepted
13 Dec 2021
First published
13 Dec 2021

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022,24, 4147-4156

The universal relationship between sample dimensions and cooperative phenomena: effects of fractal dimension on the electronic properties of high-TC cuprate observed using electron spin resonance

T. Naito and Y. Fukuda, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2022, 24, 4147 DOI: 10.1039/D1CP04709D

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