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We discover superconductivity in alkali-earth metals doped phenanthrene. The superconducting critical temperatures \emph{T}$_c$ are 5.6 K and 5.4 K for Sr$_{1.5}$phenanthrene and Ba$_{1.5}$phenanthrene, respectively. The shielding fraction…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-06-14 X. F. Wang , Y. J. Yan , Z. Gui , R. H. Liu , J. J. Ying , X. G. Luo , X. H. Chen

Here we report targeted high-pressure synthesis of two novel high-$T_C$ hydride superconductors, $P6_3/mmc$-$ThH_9$ and $Fm\bar{3}m$-$ThH_{10}$, with the experimental critical temperatures ($T_C$) of 146 K and 159-161 K and upper critical…

The search for unconventional superconductivity has been focused on materials with strong spin-orbit coupling and unique crystal lattices. Doped bismuth selenide (Bi$_2$Se$_3$) is a strong candidate given the topological insulator nature of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-02-01 Tomoya Asaba , B. J. Lawson , Colin Tinsman , Lu Chen , Paul Corbae , Gang Li , Y. Qiu , Y. S. Hor , Liang Fu , Lu Li

The samples of composition RuSr2(Ln3/4Ce1/4)2Cu2O10 with Ln = Ho, Y and Dy. being synthesized by high pressure high temperature (6Gpa, 1200 0C) solid state synthesis route do crystallize in space group I4/mmm. These samples exhibit magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 V. P. S. Awana , E. Takayama-Muromachi

Superconductivity in PdTe2 heavy transition metal based compounds is rapidly developing field in condensed matter physics community. Here, we report superconductivity in a nominal ternary telluride Ta2Pd0.97Te6 compound, which is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-01 Reena Goyal , Brajesh Tiwari , Rajveer Jha , V. P. S Awana

When investigating low-frequency (0.1 Hz) oscillations of miltiphase high-temperature cuprate superconductors (HTSC) Bi1,7Pb0,3Sr2Ca(n-1)CunOy (n=2-30), a wide attenuation peak with a maximal at T=200K detected. This peak was particularly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-31 J. G. Chigvinadze , J. V. Acrivos , S. M. Ashimov , D. D. Gulamova , G. J. Donadze

Simultaneously optimizing performances, processability and fabrication cost of organic electronic materials is the continual source of compromise hindering the development of disruptive applications. In this work, we identified a strategy…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-03-11 Khaoula Ferchichi , Ramzi Bourguiga , Kamal Lmimouni , Sebastien Pecqueur

The structural misfit compound (PbSe)1.16(TiSe2)2 is reported. It is a superconductor with a Tc of 2.3 K. (PbSe)1.16(TiSe2)2 derives from a parent compound, TiSe2, which shows a charge density wave transition and no superconductivity. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 N. Giang , Q. Xu , Y. S. Hor , A. J. Williams , S. E. Dutton , H. W. Zandbergen , R. J. Cava

Using one-step solid state reaction method, we have successfully synthesized the superconductor SrFe1-xRuxAs. X-ray diffraction indicates that the material has formed the ThCr2Si2-type structure with a space group I4/mmm. The systematic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 Yanpeng Qi , Lei Wang , Zhaoshun Gao , Dongliang Wang , Xianping Zhang , Yanwei Ma

Polycrystalline Sr1-xNdxFeAsF samples were prepared at various Nd-doping levels using both a stoichiometric mixture of the starting materials and in slight excess amounts of FeAs. Susceptibility and resistivity of the samples were studied…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-31 S. V. Chong , T. Goya , H. Yamaguchi , K. Kadowaki

Pressure induced superconductivity in non-centrosymmetric CeRhSi$_{3}$ and CeIrSi$_{3}$ compounds has attracted significant attention of the scientific community since its discovery 15 years ago. Up-to-date, all reported experimental…

The potassium-doped p-terphenyl compounds were synthesized in recent experiments and the superconductivity with high transition temperatures were reported, but the atomic structure of potassium-doped p-terphenyl is unclear. In this paper,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-27 Xun-Wang Yan , Zhongbing Huang , Miao Gao , Chunfang Zhang

The recently discovered Dirac and Weyl semimetals are new members of topological materials. Starting from them, topological superconductivity may be achieved, e.g. by carrier doping or applying pressure. Here we report high-pressure…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-27 L. P. He , Y. T. Jia , S. J. Zhang , X. C. Hong , C. Q. Jin , S. Y. Li

In recent years, the resistance signature of the high temperature superconductivity above 250 K in highly compressed hydrides (more than 100 GPa) has garnered significant attention within the condensed matter physics community. This has…

Various transition metal trichalcogenides (TMTC) show the charge-density-wave and superconductivity, which provide an ideal platform to study the correlation between these two orderings and the mechanism of superconductivity. Currently,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-11-04 Binbin Yue , Wei Zhong , Wen Deng , Ting Wen , Yonggang Wang , Yunyu Yin , Pengfei Shan , Xiaohui Yu , Fang Hong

We synthesized tetragonal alpha-FeSe by melting a powder mixture of iron and selenium at high pressure. Subsequent annealing at normal pressure results in removing traces of hexagonal beta- FeSe, formation of a rather sharp transition to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-13 V. A. Sidorov , A. V. Tsvyashchenko , R. A. Sadykov

Topological semimetal, a novel state of quantum matter hosting exotic emergent quantum phenomena dictated by the non-trivial band topology, has emerged as a new frontier in condensed-matter physics. Very recently, a coexistence of triply…

We have investigated Se substitution effect to superconductivity of an optimally-doped BiS2-based superconductor Eu0.5La0.5FBiS2. Eu0.5La0.5FBiS2-xSex samples with x = 0-1 were synthesized. With increasing x, in-plane chemical pressure is…

We have synthesized polycrystalline samples of Pt-substituted SrFe2As2 and measured the temperature dependence of magnetization and electrical resistivity. We have observed the superconducting transition at Tc = 17 K with the maximum…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 Yoshihiro Nishikubo , Satomi Kakiya , Masataka Danura , Kazutaka Kudo , Minoru Nohara

Single crystalline CaFe2As2 and (Ca1-xNax)Fe2As2 polycrystals (0 < x < 0.66) are synthesized and characterized using structural, magnetic, electronic transport, and heat capacity measurements. These measurements show that the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-12-02 K. Zhao , Q. Q. Liu , X. C. Wang , Z. Deng , Y. X. Lv , J. L. Zhu , F. Y. Li , C. Q. Jin