We have successfully synthesized a new BiS2-based superconductor NdOBiS2 with F-doping. This compound is composed of superconducting BiS2 layers and blocking NdO layers, which indicates that the BiS2 layer is the one of the common superconducting layers like the CuO2 layer of cuprates or Fe-As layer of Fe-based superconductors. We can obtain NdO1-xFxBiS2 with bulk superconductivity by a solid-state reaction under ambient pressure. Therefore, NdO1-xFxBiS2 should be the suitable material to elucidate the mechanism of superconductivity in the BiS2-layer.
@article{arxiv.1207.5248,
title = {BiS2 - based superconductivity in F-substituted NdOBiS2},
author = {Satoshi Demura and Yoshikazu Mizuguchi and Keita Deguchi and Hiroyuki Okazaki and Hiroshi Hara and Tohru Watanabe and Saleem James Denholme and Masaya Fujioka and Toshinori Ozaki and Hiroshi Fujihisa and Yoshito Gotoh and Osuke Miura and Takahide Yamaguchi and Hiroyuki Takeya and Yoshihiko Takano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.5248},
year = {2013}
}