Tunable surface electron gas and effect of phonons in Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$: A first-principles study

Abstract

While the conducting CuO${}_2$ planes in cuprate superconductors have been widely recognized as a crucial component in producing high superconducting $T_{\text{c}}$, recent experimental and theoretical studies on Ba${}_{2-x}$Sr${}_x$CuO${}_{3+}$${}_{\delta }$ have also drawn much attention to the importance of Cu-O chains in one-dimensional (1D) cuprates. To better understand the cuprates containing Cu-O chains, here we have studied the electronic, magnetic, and phonon properties of Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$ bulk and films based on the spin-polarized density functional theory calculations. We first reproduced the typical Mott insulator feature of the cuprate parent compound for bulk Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$, and then built a Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$ thin film with Cu-O chains exposed on the surface to directly investigate their characteristics. Different from the insulating bulk phase, the Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$ surface shows interesting metallic properties. Further electronic structure calculations reveal the existence of spin-polarized electron gas between surface Sr atoms that strongly depends on the interchain coupling of Cu spins. Moreover, the phonon modes that involve the vibrations of in-chain and out-of-chain O atoms can induce strong charge and spin fluctuations in the surface layer of Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$ film, which suggests significant multiple degree-of-freedom couplings that may be important for the superconductivity in 1D cuprates. Our work provides a comprehensive viewpoint of the properties of Cu-O chains in Sr${}_2$CuO${}_3$, facilitating a complete understanding of 1D cuprate superconductors.

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