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Nanoscale interplay of strain and doping in a high-temperature superconductor

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arxiv 1412.6088 v1 pith:TW5MTP26 submitted 2014-12-18 cond-mat.str-el cond-mat.mtrl-scicond-mat.supr-con

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keywords localstraindopantsdopingnanoscaleoxygensuperconductorcacu
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The highest temperature superconductors are electronically inhomogeneous at the nanoscale, suggesting the existence of a local variable which could be harnessed to enhance the superconducting pairing. Here we report the relationship between local doping and local strain in the cuprate superconductor Bi$_2$Sr$_2$CaCu$_2$O$_{8+x}$. We use scanning tunneling microscopy to discover that the crucial oxygen dopants are periodically distributed, in correlation with local strain. Our picoscale investigation of the intra-unit-cell positions of all oxygen dopants provides essential structural input for a complete microscopic theory.

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