Susceptibility and Evidences of Charge Carriers Interaction above Tc in Nd1.85Ce0.15CuO4+δ

Abstract

The charge carrier density plays a crucial role in the transition between normal and superconducting state in the copper-oxide superconductors. In Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4+δ sample, for charge carrier density n = nc≃ 0.07 the superconductivity sets in. In order to investigate the magnetic properties around nc, a set of magnetic susceptibility measurements in the temperature range 3-260K for samples with different charge carriers concentrations were realized. Magnetic susceptibility curves of Nd 1.85 Ce 0.15 CuO 4+δ revealed novel behavior well above the critical temperature T c: at fixed T ≥45 K , the susceptibility χ, reported as a function of the charge carrier density n, shows a peak around n=0.06 and drops to significantly lower values for n greater than 0.07, the value at which the samples become superconducting. The effective magnetic moment μeff shows the same behavior. The comparison of the present experimental results with recent transport ones gives evidence of a possible interaction between charge carriers above T c. The possibility that this effect could be due to a bipolarons-like mechanism of charge carriers interaction is discussed.