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Superconductivity at ~ 0.049 K in Laves phase HfZn2 predicted by first principles

Materials Science 2016-05-17 v1

Abstract

We report the superconductivity at Tc ~ 0.049 K in Laves phase HfZn2. Based on the first principles method we have studied the details structural and electronic properties of HfZn2 according to which there are 4.67 states eV-1 fu-1 at Fermi level. Using this value we calculate the specific heat coefficient {\gamma} theoretically as 10.97 mJ/ K2 mol and then systematically calculate the electron-phonon coupling constant {\lambda} as 0.45. Finally applying these values in McMillan formula we get the superconducting critical temperature of HfZn2 as approximately 0.049 K.

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@article{arxiv.1605.04841,
  title  = {Superconductivity at ~ 0.049 K in Laves phase HfZn2 predicted by first principles},
  author = {Md. Zahidur Rahaman and Md. Atikur Rahman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.04841},
  year   = {2016}
}

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5 pages, 2 figures