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We studied chemical interaction of Sn with H$_2$ by X-ray diffraction methods at pressures of 180-210 GPa. A previously unknown tetrahydride SnH$_4$ with a cubic structure (${fcc}$) exhibiting superconducting properties below ${T}$$_C$ = 72…

Superconductivity has been found in RuN films obtained by reactive magnetron sputtering. This is a novel member of the metal nitride superconductors family. The critical temperature of the superconducting transition varies depending on the…

Continued advances in superconducting qubit performance require more detailed understandings of the many sources of decoherence. Within these devices, two-level systems arise due to defects, interfaces, and grain boundaries, and are thought…

The binary compound V$_3$Ga can exhibit two near-equilibrium phases, consisting of the A15 structure that is superconducting, and the Heusler D0$_3$ structure that is semiconducting and antiferromagnetic. Density functional theory…

We report synthesis, structural details and complete superconducting characterization of very recently discovered Nb2PdS5 new superconductor. The synthesized compound is crystallized in mono-clinic structure. Bulk superconductivity is seen…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 Rajveer Jha , Brajesh Tiwari , Poonam Rani , H. Kishan , V. P. S. Awana

We report magnetic field dependent magnetization and microwave impedance measurements on a MgB2 superconductor prepared by high pressure synthesis. We find that the upper critical field is linearly dependent on temperature near Tc and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Dulcic , D. Paar , M. Pozek , G. V. M. Williams , S . Kramer , C. U. Jung , Min-Seok Park , Sung-Ik Lee

NbRh$_{2}$B$_{2}$ crystallises in a chiral noncentrosymmetric structure and exhibits bulk type-II superconductivity below $7.46(5)$~K. Here we show that the temperature dependence of the upper critical field deviates from the behaviour…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-21 D. A. Mayoh , M. J. Pearce , K. Götze , A. D. Hillier , G. Balakrishnan , M. R. Lees

A maximum superconductive transition temperature $T_\textrm{C}$ = 203.5 K has recently been reported for a sample of the binary compound tri-hydrogen sulfide (H$_\textrm{3}$S) prepared at high pressure and with room temperature annealing.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-03-14 Dale R. Harshman , Anthony T. Fiory

Cubic Pm-3n Nb3Sn0.92 superconductor (Tc ~ 16 K) was found to exhibit tetragonal instabilities at the superconducting state (T = 10 K). These instabilities are manifested through the appearance of reflections which are forbidden in the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-07-07 V. Svitlyk , M. Mezouar

We report a mechanical point-contact spectroscopy study on the single crystalline NbGe$_2$ with a superconducting transition temperature $T\rm_c$ = 2.0 - 2.1 K. The differential conductance curves at 0.3 K can be well fitted by a single gap…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-29 Dongting Zhang , Tian Le , Baijing Lv , Lichang Yin , Chufan Chen , Zhiyong Nie , Dajun Su , Huiqiu Yuan , Zhu-An Xu , Xin Lu

We report on investigations of the superconducting energy gap of the A15 superconductor Nb_3Sn by point-contact spectroscopy of breakjunctions. The voltage-dependent differential conductance dI/dV reveals features of a second energy gap…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 M. Marz , W. Goldacker , R. Lortz , G. Goll

We systematically measure the superconducting (SC) and mixed state properties of high-quality CsV3Sb5 single crystals with Tc ~ 3.5 K. We find that the upper critical field Hc2(T) exhibits a large anisotropic ratio of Hc2^(ab)/Hc2^(c) ~ 9…

Unconventional superconductivity has long been believed to arise from a lab-grown correlated electronic system. Here we report compelling evidence of unconventional nodal superconductivity in a mineral superconductor \rhs. We investigated…

We report the synthesis and characterization of phase pure Ta3Sb, a material predicted to be topological with eightfold degenerate fermionic states [Science 353, aaf5037 (2016)] and to exhibit a large spin Hall effect [Sci. Adv. 5, eaav8575…

We report the growth of Nb2Pd0.73S5.7 superconducting single crystal fibers via slow cooling solid state reaction method. Superconducting transition temperature (Tc ~ 6.5K) is confirmed from magnetization and transport measurements. A…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-07-10 Anil K. Yadav , Himanshu Sharma , Ajay D. Thakur , C. V. Tomy

We give a theoretical analysis of published experimental studies of the effects of impurities and disorder on the superconducting transition temperature, T_c, of the organic molecular crystals kappa-ET_2X and beta-ET_2X (where ET is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 B. J. Powell , Ross H. McKenzie

We report effects of local magnetic moment, Gd3+, doping (x =< 0.3) on superconducting and magnetic properties of the closely related Lu(1-x)GdxNi2B2C and Y(1-x)GdxNi2B2C series. The superconducting transition temperature decreases and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 S. L. Bud'ko , V. G. Kogan , H. Hodovanets , S. Ran , S. A. Moser , M. J. Lampe , P. C. Canfield

Superconductivity is observed with critical temperatures near 9K in the tetragonal compound Mo5PB2. This material adopts the Cr5B3 structure type common to supercondcuting Nb5Si3-xBx, Mo5SiB2, and W5SiB2, which have critical temperatures of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-03-10 Michael A. McGuire , David S. Parker

We examine the evidence for multiband superconductivity and non s-wave pairing in the non-centrosymmetric superconductor Nb$_{0.18}$Re$_{0.82}$, using electrical transport, magnetization and specific heat measurements. In the normal state,…

We have investigated the conductance spectra of Sn-Bi2Se3 interface junctions down to 250 mK and in different magnetic fields. A number of conductance anomalies were observed below the superconducting transition temperature of Sn, including…