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A perfect topological superconductor can be realized by the simultaneous existence of bulk superconductivity along with topological non-trivial surface states. In this article, we report single crystal growth of superconducting binary…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-06-29 M. M. Sharma , N. K. Karn , Poonam Rani , R. N. Bhowmik , V. P. S. Awana

Typically the superconducting phase weakens at several points with the increase in disorder before it is distroyed in the 2d-thin films. This may lead to an inhomogeneous superconducting state without a continuous phase. Here we present…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-08-19 P. Kulkarni , S. Vieira , J. Rodrigo , M. R. Baklanov , T. Baturina , V. Vinokur

Single crystals of In-doped PbBi2Te4 are synthesized via a conventional solid-state method. Chemical analysis and hall measurements indicate that In replaces Pb, introducing n-type carriers, creating Pb1-xInxBi2Te4. A superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-08-25 Xianghan Xu , Danrui Ni , Weiwei Xie , R. J. Cava

A superconducting transition in the temperature dependence of the ab-plane resistivity of underdoped YBa_2Cu_3O_{6+x} crystals in the range T_c<30 K has been investigated. Unlike the case of samples with the optimal level of doping, the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 V. F. Gantmakher , G. E. Tsydynzhapov , L. P. Kozeeva , A. N. Lavrov

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 consider possible high temperature superconductivity (high-T$_c$) in transition metal compounds with a cubic zinc-blende lattice structure. When the electron filling configuration in the d-shell is close to d$^7$, all three t$_{2g}$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-04-14 Qiang Zhang , Kun Jiang , Yuhao Gu , Jiangping Hu

Superconducting (SC) gap symmetry and magnetic response of cubic U0.97Th0.03Be13 are studied by means of high-precision heat-capacity and dc magnetization measurements using a single crystal, in order to address the long-standing question…

As superconductors are thinned down to the 2D limit, their critical temperature $T_c$ typically decreases. Here we report the opposite behavior, a substantial enhancement of $T_c$ with decreasing thickness, in 2D crystalline superconductor…

We report the experimental observation of Ising superconductivity in 3-dimensional NbSe2 stacked with single-layer MoS2. The angular dependence of the upper critical magnetic field and the temperature dependence of the upper parallel…

We performed $^{185/187}$Re nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) measurements under pressure to investigate the superconducting properties of noncentrosymmetric superconductor Cd$_{2}$Re$_{2}$O$_{7}$ under various crystal structures. The…

The single crystal of ThCr2Si2-type BaPd2As2 was successfully prepared by a self-flux method, and the crystal structure was characterized by X-ray diffraction method with the lattice parameters a = 4.489(2) {\AA} and c = 10.322(3) {\AA}.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-02-17 Qi Guo , Jia Yu , Bin-Bin Ruan , Dong-Yun Chen , Xiao-Chuan Wang , Qing-Ge Mu , Bo-Jin Pan , Gen-Fu Chen , Zhi-An Ren

We present magnetic torque, specific heat and thermal expansion measurements combined with a piezo rotary positioner of the bulk transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) superconductor NbS2 in high magnetic fields applied strictly parallel to…

Kagome metal AV$_3$Sb$_5$ (A=K, Rb, Cs) has emerged as an intriguing platform for exploring the interplay between superconductivity and other quantum states. Among the three compounds, RbV$_3$Sb$_5$ has a notably lower superconducting…

We present research on the superconducting properties of Nb$_{x}$Re$_{1-x}$ ($x$ = 0.13-0.38) obtained by measuring the electrical resistivity $\rho(T)$, magnetic susceptibility $\chi(T)$, specific heat $C_P(T)$, and London penetration…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-11-01 J. Chen , L. Jiao , J. L. Zhang , Y. Chen , L. Yang , M. Nicklas , F. Steglich , H. Q. Yuan

The pressure induced superconductivity and structural evolution for Bi2Se3 single crystal have been studied. The emergence of superconductivity with onset transition temperature (Tc) about 4.4K is observed around 12GPa. Tc increases rapidly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-15 P. P. Kong , J. L. Zhang , S. J. Zhang , J. Zhu , Q. Q. Liu , R. C. Yu , Z. Fang , C. Q. Jin , W. G. Yang , X. H. Yu , J. L. Zhu , Y. S. Zhao

We report superconductivity at $T_c = 1.22$ K and magnetic order at $T_N = 1.06$ K in the semi-metallic noncentrosymmetric Half Heusler compound ErPdBi. The upper critical field, $B_{c2}$, has an unusual quasi-linear temperature variation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-17 Y. Pan , A. M. Nikitin , T. V. Bay , Y. K. Huang , C. Paulsen , B. H. Yan , A. de Visser

Low temperature specific heat (SH) has been measured in K$_x$Fe$_{2-y}$Se$_2$ single crystals with T$_c$ = 32 K. The SH anomaly associated with the superconducting transition is moderate and sharp yielding a value of $\Delta C/T \mid_{T_c}$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-04-20 Bin Zeng , Bing Shen , Genfu Chen , Jianbao He , Duming Wang , Chunhong Li , Hai-Hu Wen

Since the discovery of high-entropy superconductors in 2014, superconductivity has remained a focal point of interest in medium- and high-entropy alloys (MEAs-HEAs). Here, we report a series of (Ti0.33Hf0.33Ta0.33)1-xNbx MEA superconductors…

The transport properties, upper critical fields, superconducting anisotropy, and critical current density in an iso-valent phosphorus-doped BaFe2As2 single crystal close to optimum doping are investigated in this report. Temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-06-02 S V Chong , S Hashimoto , K Kadowaki

The superconducting phase diagram of MgB2 was determined from magnetization, magneto-transport and the first single-crystal specific heat measurements. A zero-temperature in-plane coherence length of 8 nm is determined. The superconducting…