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An Introduction to Neutron Scattering - Spallation Neutron Source

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Structure and PDF of a High Temperature<br />

Superconduc<strong>to</strong>r<br />

The structure of La 2-x Sr x CuO 4<br />

looks like this: (copper [orange]<br />

sits in the middle of octahedra<br />

of oxygen ions [shown shaded<br />

with pale blue].)<br />

The resulting PDFs look like this.<br />

The peak at 1.9A is the Cu-O<br />

bond.<br />

So what can we learn about<br />

charge-stripes from the PDF?

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