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We have performed a magnetic study of a bulk metallic sample of Nb with critical temperature $T_{c}=8.5$ K. Magnetization versus temperature (M {\it vs} T) data obtained for fixed magnetic fields above 1 kOe show a superconducting…
Dc and ac-magnetic susceptibility ($\chi$), specific heat ($C_\mathrm{P}$), electrical resistivity ($\rho$) and magnetoresistance measurements performed on the new polycrystalline compound $\mathrm{Gd_2AgSi_3}$, crystallizing in the…
The ionization energy theory is used to calculate the evolution of the resistivity and specific heat curves with respect to different doping elements in the recently discovered superconducting Pnictide materials. Subsequently, the…
V2O3 nanocrystals can be synthesized through hydrothermal reduction of VO(OH)2 using hydrazine as a reducing agent. Addition of different ligands to the reaction produces nanoparticles, nanorods and nanoplatelets of different sizes. Small…
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We report the magnetic properties of magnetic nano-composite, consisting of different quantity of NiFe2O4 nanoparticles in polymer matrix. The nanoparticles exhibited a typical magnetization blocking, which is sensitive on the variation of…
Huge values of high field magnetoresistance have been recently reported in large arrays of CoFe nanoparticles embedded in an organic insulating lattice in the Coulomb blockade regime. An unusual exponential decrease of magnetoresistance…
We report the results of dc and ac magnetization measurements as a function of temperature (1.8 - 300 K) for the spin chain compound, Ca$_3$CoRhO$_6$, which has been recently reported to exhibit a partially disordered antiferromagnetic…
A reentrant behavior of temperature dependent magnetic ac-susceptibility (or excess susceptibility(ES)) at lower temperature is observed in a composite made of superconductor $La_{1.85}Sr_{0.15}CuO_4$ (LCu) and an insulating paramagnetic…
The coexistence and competition of superconductivity and magnetism can lead to a variety of rich physics and technological applications. Recent discovery of atomic-layer superconductors and self-assembly of magnetic molecules on solid…
The results of dc magnetization, electrical and magnetoresistance and heat capacity measurements (2-300 K) on Tb7Rh3, crystallizing in Th7Fe3-type hexagonal structure, are reported. In this compound, magnetic ordering sets in around 90 K…
Recently, high temperature ($T_c\approx 80$K) superconductivity (SC) has been discovered in La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ (LNO) under pressure. Question arises whether the transition temperature $T_c$ could be further enhanced under suitable…
Unique to certain unconventional superconductors is the coexistence of magnetism and superconductivity. We have previously found ferromagnetism and superconductivity in hydrogenated graphitic materials. Herein we present similar as well as…
We suggest that a family of Ni-based compounds, which contain [Ni$_2$M$_2$O]$^{2-}$(M=chalcogen) layers with an antiperovskite structure constructed by mixed-anion Ni complexes, NiM$_4$O$_2$, can be potential high temperature…
We report the calculation of paraconductivity in carbon nanotubes above the superconducting transition temperature. The complex behavior of paraconductivity depending upon the tube radius, temperature and magnetic field strength is…
We study the magnetic-field-induced breakdown of superconductivity in nm-scale metal grains having a mean electron level spacing $d \simeq \tilde\Delta$ (bulk gap). Using a generalized variational BCS approach that yields good qualitative…
Analogous to cuprate high-Tc superconductors, a NiP-based compound system has several crystals in which the Ni-P layers have different stacking structures. Herein, the properties of BaNi2P2 are reported. BaNi2P2 has an infinite-layer…
The comment to article "Coexistence of Diamagnetism and Vanishingly Small Electrical Resistance at Ambient Temperature and Pressure in Nanostructures" shows the role of local electron pairing and Bose-Einstein-Condensation of pairs for…
We report here the properties of single crystals of La$_2$Ni$_2$In. Electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements concur with the results of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, finding that La$_{2}$Ni$_{2}$In is a weakly…
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