We present research on the superconducting properties of NbxRe1−x (x = 0.13-0.38) obtained by measuring the electrical resistivity ρ(T), magnetic susceptibility χ(T), specific heat CP(T), and London penetration depth Δλ(T). It is found that the superconducting transition temperature Tc decreases monotonically with an increase of x. The upper critical field Bc2(T) for various x can be nicely scaled by its corresponding Tc. The electronic specific heat Ce(T)/T, penetration depth Δλ(T), and superfluid density ρs(T) demonstrate exponential behavior at low temperatures and can be well fitted by a one-gap BCS model. The residual Sommerfeld coefficient γ0(B) in the superconducting state follows a linear field dependence. All these properties suggest an \emph{s}-wave BCS-type of superconductivity with a very large Bc2(0) for NbxRe1−x (0.13 ≤x≤ 0.38).
@article{arxiv.1310.8375,
title = {BCS-like superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric compounds Nb$_x$Re$_{1-x}$},
author = {J. Chen and L. Jiao and J. L. Zhang and Y. Chen and L. Yang and M. Nicklas and F. Steglich and H. Q. Yuan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.8375},
year = {2013}
}