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HIGH-PRESSURE synthesis has proved a useful technique for obtaining new, metastable copper oxide superconductors; for example, oxygen insertion into Sr2CuO3 at 6 GPa (ref. 1) yields superconducting Sr2CuO3.i, with transition temperature Tc = 70 K, in which the superconducting CuO2 layers are generated by pressure-induced oxygen migration from apical to equatorial sites. Although the simple structure and high transition temperatures make this family (general formula Srn+1CunO2n + 1+ δ) of interest, the stringent synthesis conditions limit its value for applications. Here we report that fluorine insertion into Sr2CuO3 at ambient pressure causes related structural rearrangements to give superconducting Sr2CuO2F2 + δ with a maximum Tc of 46 K. In this synthesis, the structural changes previously initiated by the thermodynamic effects of high pressure are induced chemically under ambient conditions. The result is a superconducting oxy-fluoride in which fluorine plays a dominant structural role, rather than merely being an electronic dopant as in La2CuO4Fx (ref. 2) and Nd2CuO4−xFy (ref. 3).
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AI-Mamouri, M., Edwards, P., Greaves, C. et al. Synthesis and superconducting properties of the strontium copper oxy-fluoride Sr2CuO2F2+δ. Nature 369, 382–384 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1038/369382a0
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