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Superconductivity in W3Re2C with chiral structure

Superconductivity 2026-01-22 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We discover superconductivity in cubic W3Re2C with chiral structure and the superconducting transition temperature Tc is about 6.2 K. Detailed characterizations and analysis indicate that W3Re2C is a bulk type-II BCS superconductor with full isotropic gap. Moreover, first-principles calculations indicate that the electron-phonon coupling primarily arises from interactions between W/Re 5d electronic states and their low-frequency phonons. Furthermore, the breaking of inversion symmetry in W3Re2C facilitates the emergence of Weyl points in the electronic structure. Therefore, W3Re2C can serve as a promising platform for investigating the influences of chiral structure on both superconductivity and band topology.

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@article{arxiv.2509.15078,
  title  = {Superconductivity in W3Re2C with chiral structure},
  author = {Lei Yang and Jing Jiang and Hui-Hui He and Ying Ma and Kai Liu and Xiao Zhang and Hechang Lei},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.15078},
  year   = {2026}
}

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23 pages, 5 figures

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