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The σ-phase superconductors Nb20.4Rh5.7Ge3.9 and Nb20.4Rh5.7Si3.9
PublicationWe show that the previously unreported ternary σ phases Nb20.4Rh5.7Ge3.9 and Nb20.4Rh5.7Si3.9 are both superconductors with Tc values of approximately 1.9 K. The superconducting transitions were characterized through temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistance, and specific heat measurements. The Sommerfeld constants, γ, for Nb20.4Rh5.7Ge3.9 and Nb20.4Rh5.7Si3.9 are 89(1) mJ mol-f.u.−1K−2 and 86(1) mJ mol-f.u.−1K−2...
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RuAl6—An Endohedral Aluminide Superconductor
PublicationSuperconductivity is reported in an endohedral aluminide compound, RuAl6, with Tc = 1.21 K. The normalized heat capacity jump at Tc, ΔC/γTc = 1.58, confirms bulk superconductivity. The Ginzburg–Landau parameter of κ = 9.5 shows that RuAl6 is a type-II superconductor. Electronic structure calculations for RuAl6 are explored in comparison to its structural analogue ReAl6 (Tc = 0.74 K). The stability of the phases is discussed in...
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SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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London penetration depth in local pair superconductors
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Endohedral gallide cluster superconductors and superconductivity in ReGa5
PublicationWe present transition metal-embedded (T@Gan) endohedral Ga clusters as a favorable structural motif for superconductivity and develop empirical, molecule-based, electron counting rules that govern the hierarchical architectures that the clusters assume in binary phases. Among the binary T@Gan endohedral cluster systems, Mo8Ga41, Mo6Ga31, Rh2Ga9, and Ir2 Ga9 are all previously known superconductors. The well-known exotic superconductor...
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Physical properties of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor Mg10Ir19B16
PublicationPrzedstawione zostały wyniki pomiarów ciepła właściwego, oporu elektrycznego i podatności magnetycznej nowo odkrytego materiału nadprzewodzącego Mg10Ir19B16. Na podstawie pomiarów ustalono, że Mg10Ir19B16 jest nadprzewodnikiem drugiego typu (kappa=20), ze stałą sprzężenia elektron - fonon lambda_ep=0.66.
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Ni2X2 (X = pnictide, chalcogenide, or B) based superconductors
PublicationPublikacja jest przeglądem właściwości nadprzewodników na bazie niklu, które zawierają płaszczyzny Ni2X2 (X=As, P, Bi, Si, Ge, B).
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Ni2X2 (X=pnictide, chalcogenide, or B) based superconductors
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MgPd2Sb : A Mg-based Heusler-type superconductor
PublicationWe report the synthesis and physical properties of a full Heusler compound, MgPd2Sb, which we found toshow superconductivity belowTc=2.2K. MgPd2Sb was obtained by a two-step solid-state reaction methodand its purity and cubic crystal structure [Fm-3m,a=6.4523(1) Å] were confirmed by powder x-ray diffrac-tion. Normal and superconducting states were studied by electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, andheat...
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A Family of Pb-based Superconductors with Variable Cubic to Hexagonal Packing
PublicationWe describe three previously unreported superconductors, BaPb3, Ba0.89Sr0.11Pb3, and Ba0.5Sr0.5Pb3. These three materials, together with SrPb3, form a distinctive isoelectronic family of intermetallic superconductors based on the stacking of Pb planes, with crystal structures that display a hexagonal to cubic perovskite-like progression, as rarely seen in metals. The superconducting transition temperatures (Tc) are similar for...
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Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors
PublicationLa3Co and La3Ni are reported superconductors with transition temperatures of 4.5 and 6 K, respectively. Here, we reinvestigate the physical properties of these two intermetallic compounds with magnetic susceptibility χ, specific heat Cp and electrical resistivity ρ measurements down to 1.9 K. Although bulk superconductivity is confirmed in La3Co, as observed previously, only a trace of it is found in La3Ni, indicating that the...
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Chemical instability of the cobalt oxyhydrate superconductor under ambientconditions.
PublicationPrzedstawiono badania dyfrakcyjne i termograwimetryczne uwodnionego, sodowo-kobaltowego tlenku nadprzewodzącego: NaxCoO2 yH2O (y=1.4). Materiał ten jest niestabilny już w temperaturze pokojowej i przechodzi w nowo odkrytą fazę = 0.6.
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The electronic characterization of the cubic Laves-phase superconductor CaRh2
PublicationWe present the synthesis and experimental characterization of the electronic properties of the cubic Laves phase superconductor CaRh2. Its crystal structure was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and its ambient temperature lattice parameter (a = 7.5326(6) Å) is in good agreement with the literature. Magnetization, resistivity and heat-capacity measurements indicate that CaRh2 is a moderate-coupling type-II superconductor (λe-p = 0.89)...
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Critical Field and Specific Heat in Electron- and Hole-Doped Graphene Superconductors
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Superconducting transition in granular Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors
PublicationW układzie(Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O poprzez krystalizację w fazie stałej można wytworzyć materiały o bardzo różnych właściwościach elektrycznych i nadprzewodzących. W zależności od warunków krystalizacji, można wytworzyć nadprzewodnik o temperaturze krytycznej między 8 a 105 st. K lub materiał nie przechodzący do stanu nadprzewodzącego. Przejście do stanu nadprzewodzacego w materiałach granulastych ma charakter dwustopniowy. Zbadano wpływ...
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Processing of porous structures of YBa2Cu3O7-δ High-temperature superconductor
PublicationPublikacja opisuje technikę otrzymywania nadprzewodnika wysokotemperaturowego YBa2Cu3O7-x o porach otwartych.
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Magnetic penetration depth and correlation length in the superconductor with local pairing
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Revealing the anisotropy effects on the critical magnetic field in CaC6 superconductor
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Chemical instability of the cobalt oxyhydrate superconductor under ambient conditions
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The (Bi,Pb)4Sr3Ca3Cu4Ox glass-ceramics: disordered metal and superconductor
PublicationAmorficzny materiał (Bi,Pb)4Sr3Ca3Cu4Ox wygrzewany w odpowiednich warunkach staje się granulastym metalem i nadprzewodnikiem. Może być uważany za silnie nieuporządkowany metal. Ma duży opór i zazwyczaj ujemny współczynnik temperaturowej zależności oporu. Nieuporządkowanie i granulasty charakter materiału ujawnia się również w jego właściwościach nadprzewodzących.
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Electronic conduction in (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O granular superconductors
PublicationMetale i nadprzewodniki granulaste są bardzo ciekawymi materiałami dzięki jednoczesnej obecności oddziaływań kulombowskich, tunelowania elektronów i par Coopera oraz różnych zjawisk związanych z nieuporządkowaniem. W pracy przedstawiono właściwości elektryczne granulastego nadprzewodnika (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O otrzymanego wskutek krystalizacji w fazie stałej. Badane materiały mogą być traktowane jako układ granul umieszczonych w matrycy...
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Electronic and lattice properties of noncentrosymmetric superconductors ThTSi (T=Co, Ir, Ni, and Pt)
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Microwave absorption study on (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O granular superconductors
PublicationNadprzewodniki granulaste są bardzo ciekawymi materiałami dzięki temu, że zawierają dużą ilość złącz Josephsona. W pracy przedstawiono absorpcję mikrofalową w granulastych nadprzewodnikach (Bi, Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O zawierających granule 2201, 2212 i 2223 umieszczone w matrycy dielektrycznej. Obserwowano dwustopniowe przejście do stanu nadprzewodzącego. Sygnał MMMA obserwowano poniżej temperatury T1.
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Importance of Specific Heat Characterization when Reporting New Superconductors: An Example of Superconductivity in LiGa2Rh
PublicationWe show that the full-Heusler compound LiGa2Rh is a superconductor with Tc = 2.4 K. The new superconductor was found as a result of an intuition-based extension of a database search for superconductors that looked for the presence of peaks in the electronic band structure near the Fermi energy. The measurement of the entropy loss during the transition from the nonsuperconducting to the superconducting state, a straightforward measurement...
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Gauge-invariant theory of the Meissner effect in the lattice model of a superconductor with local pairing
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Response of the local pair superconductor to the static vector potential at finite wave length
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Isotropic s -wave superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric charge density wave superconductor SrPt2As2
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On the critical temperature discontinuity at the theoretical bcc-fcc phase transition in compressed selenium and tellurium superconductors
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Description of the thermodynamic properties of BiH 5 and BiH 6 superconductors beyond the mean-field approximation
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Magnetic Field Influence on the Superconducting Transition in Granular (BiPb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors
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(Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O glass-ceramics - superconductor and granular metal
PublicationW materiale o składzie (Bi,Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O wskutek stosowania różnych warunków wytwarzania można otrzymać materiały o różnorodnych właściwościach. W efekcie wygrzewania materiał amorficzny częściowo krystalizuje. To powoduje wzrost rozmiaru i zawartości przewodzących i nadprzewodzących granul oraz zmniejszenie szerokości izolujących barier pomiędzy granulami. Zależność temperaturowa oporu słabo skrystalizowanego materiału jest funkcją...
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Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation and d-Wave Pairing in a Model of a Superconductor with Non-Retarded Attraction
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Influence of magnetic field on electronic conduction of (Bi,Pb)–Sr–Ca–Cu–O granular superconductors
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TaRh 2 B 2 and NbRh 2 B 2 : Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure
PublicationIt is a fundamental truth in solid compounds that the physical properties follow the symmetry of the crystal structure. Nowhere is the effect of symmetry more pronounced than in the electronic and magnetic properties of materials—even the projection of the bulk crystal symmetry onto different crystal faces is known to have a substantial impact on the surface electronic states. The effect of bulk crystal symmetry on the properties...
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Initial stage of (Bi-Pb)2Sr2Ca1Cu2Ox high Tc superconductor crystallisation from the amorphous phase.
PublicationWysokotemperaturowe nadprzewodniki bizmutowe 2201, 2212 i 2223 były wytwarzane metodą krystalizacji w fazie stałej. Zmiany struktury i mikrostruktury badano metodą dyfrakcji rentgenowskiej oraz skanningowej mikroskopii elektronowej. Zbadano kinetykę krystalizacji oraz przedyskutowano jej przebieg.
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Noncentrosymmetric superconductor with a bulk three-dimensional Dirac cone gapped by strong spin-orbit coupling
PublicationThe layered, noncentrosymmetric heavy element PbTaSe2 is found to be superconducting. We report its electronic properties accompanied by electronic-structure calculations. Specific heat, electrical resistivity, and magnetic-susceptibility measurements indicate that PbTaSe2 is a moderately coupled, type-IIBCSsuperconductor (Tc = 3.72 K, Ginzburg–Landau parameter κ = 17) with an electron-phonon coupling constant of λep = 0.74. Electronic-structure...
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Effect of electron count and chemical complexity in the Ta-Nb-Hf-Zr-Ti high-entropy alloy superconductor
PublicationHigh-entropy alloys are made from random mixtures of principal elements on simple lattices, stabilized by a high mixing entropy. The recently discovered body-centered cubic (BCC) Ta-Nb-Hf-Zr-Ti high-entropy alloy superconductor appears to display properties of both simple crystalline intermetallics and amorphous materials; e.g., it has a well-defined superconducting transition along with an exceptional robustness against disorder....
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NbIr 2 B 2 and TaIr 2 B 2 – New Low Symmetry Noncentrosymmetric Superconductors with Strong Spin–Orbit Coupling
PublicationSuperconductivity was first observed more than a century ago, but the search for new superconducting materials remains a challenge. The Cooper pairs in superconductors are ideal embodiments of quantum entanglement. Thus, novel superconductors can be critical for both learning about electronic systems in condensed matter and for possible application in future quantum technologies. Here two previously unreported materials, NbIr2B2...
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Group-9 Transition-Metal Suboxides Adopting the Filled-Ti2Ni Structure: A Class of Superconductors Exhibiting Exceptionally High Upper Critical Fields
PublicationTi2Ni and the related η-carbide structure are known to exhibit various intriguing physical properties. The Ti2Ni structure with the cubic space group Fd3̅m is surprisingly complex, consisting of a unit cell with 96 metal atoms. The related η-carbide compounds correspond to a filled version of the Ti2Ni structure. Here, we report on the structure and superconductivity in the η-carbide-type suboxides Ti4M2O with M = Co, Rh, and Ir....
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S-Shaped Suppression of the Superconducting Transition Temperature in Cu-Intercalated NbSe2
Publication2H-NbSe2 is the prototype and most frequently studied of the well-known transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) superconductors. As 2H-NbSe2 is widely acknowledged as a conventional superconductor, its transition temperature to the superconducting state (Tc) is 7.3 K, a Tc that is substantially higher than those seen for the majority of TMDCs, where Tc values between 2 and 4 K are the norm. Here we report the intercalation of Cu...
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Superconductivity of Ta-Hf and Ta-Zr alloys: Potential alloys for use in superconducting devices
PublicationThe electronic properties relevant to superconductivity are reported for bulk Ta-Hf and Ta-Zr body centered cubic alloys, in a large part to determine whether their properties are suitable for potential use in superconducting qbits. The body centered cubic unit cell sizes increase with increasing alloying. The results of magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, and heat capacity characterization are reported. While elemental...
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Detailed studies of superconducting properties of Y2Pd1.25Ge2.75
PublicationWe report a successful synthesis of a high-purity intermetallic germanide Y2Pd1.25Ge2.75, crystallizing in the disordered variant of the AlB2-type structure. A single-phase sample was obtained via arc-melting by deliberately tuning the composition out of the ideal 2:1:3 ratio. Specific heat, electrical resistivity and magnetization measurements show that the compound is a weakly-coupled (λ e-p = 0.58) type-II superconductor with...
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Superconductivity in the superhard boride WB4.2
PublicationWe show that the superhard boride WB4.2 is a superconductor with a Tc of 2.05(5) K. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility, electrical resistivity, and specific heat measurements were used to characterize the superconducting transition. The Sommerfeld constant γ for WB4.2 is 2.07(3) mJ mol−1 K−2 and the ΔC/γTc=1.56, which is somewhat higher than what is expected for weakly coupled Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer type superconductors....
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Superconductivity in LiGa2Ir Heusler type compound with VEC = 16
PublicationPolycrystalline LiGa2Ir has been prepared by a solid state reaction method. A Rietveld refnement of powder x-ray difraction data confrms a previously reported Heusler-type crystal structure (space group Fm-3m, No. 225) with lattice parameter a= 6.0322(1) Å. The normal and superconducting state properties were studied by magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and electrical resistivity techniques. A bulk superconductivity with...
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Superconductivity in the Endohedral Ga Cluster Compound PdGa5
PublicationSuperconductivity is observed below Tc = 1.6 K in an endohedral Ga cluster compound PdGa5 using magnetization and heat capacity measurements. Electronic structure calculations show that the density of states (DOS) at the Fermi level is dominated by Ga s and p states and that the overall shape of DOS is similar to what was found in other endohedral Ga cluster superconductors, such as MoxGa5x+1, ReGa5, and T2Ga9 (T = Rh and Ir)....
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Polytypism and superconductivity in the NbS2 system
PublicationWe report on the phase formation and the superconducting properties in the NbS2 system. Specifically, we have performed a series of standardized solid-state syntheses in this system, which allow us to establish a comprehensive synthesis map for the formation of the two polytypes 2H-NbS2 and 3R-NbS2, respectively. We show that the identification of two polytypes by means of X-ray diffraction is not always unambiguous. Our physical...
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The effects of crystallization on the magnetic properties and critical cur-rent in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O glass-ceramics
PublicationW publikacji przedstawiono wpływ procesu krystalizacji na podatność magnetyczną oraz wewnątrzziarnowe i międzyziarnowe prądy krytyczne krystalizowanego szkła Bi4Sr4Ca3Cu4Ox. Próbki krystalizowano w temperaturze 800C w czasie od0,5 godz do 216 godz. Wszystkie próbki poniżej temp. 80k wykazywały cechy diamagnetyczne. Otrzymano małe wartości prądów krytycznych w badanych próbkach (50-100Acm-2 dla prądów wewnątrzziarnowych, w zależności...
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Crystal growth and the influence of oxygen stoichiometry on electrical resistivity of single crystals
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CeIr3: superconductivity in a phase based on tetragonally close packed clusters
PublicationWe present the crystallographic analysis, superconducting and spectroscopic characterization, and theoretical modeling of CeIr3. Lattice parameters a = 5.2945(1) Å and c = 26.219(1) Å are found for the R-3m symmetry crystal structure, which are close to the literature values. CeIr3 is a moderate type-II superconductor (κ GL = 17, λ e–p = 0.65) below 2.5 K. Ce ions exhibit a strongly intermediate valence character as evidenced by...
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Superconductivity in a breathing kagome metals ROs2 (R = Sc, Y, Lu)
PublicationWe have successfully synthesized three osmium-based hexagonal Laves compounds ROs2 (R = Sc, Y, Lu), and discussed their physical properties. LeBail refinement of pXRD data confirms that all compounds crystallize in the hexagonal centrosymmetric MgZn2- type structure (P63/mmc, No. 194). The refined lattice parameters are a = b = 5.1791(1) Å and c = 8.4841(2) Å for ScOs2, a = b = 5.2571(3) Å and c = 8.6613(2) Å for LuOs2 and a =...