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Recently, transition-metal-based kagome metals have aroused much research interest as a novel platform to explore exotic topological quantum phenomena. Here we report on the synthesis, structure, and physical properties of a bilayer kagome…

The recent surprising discovery of superconductivity with critical temperature $T_c$ = 32 K in MoB$_2$ above 70 GPa has led to the search for related materials that may superconduct at similarly high $T_c$ values and lower pressures. We…

Unconventional superconductivity in bilayer graphene has been reported for twist angles $\theta$ near the first magic angle and charged electrostatically with holes near half filling of the lower flat bands. A maximum superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-08-06 Dale R. Harshman , Anthony T. Fiory

Studies on polyhydrides are attracting growing attentions recently due to their potential high temperature superconductivity (SC). We here report the discovery of SC in hafnium polyhydrides at high pressures. The hafnium superhydrides are…

We present new specific heat data for Nb3Sn, a well-known technically applied superconductor with a critical temperature T_c ~ 18 K, in the temperature range from 1.2 to 200 K in zero magnetic field, and from 1.5 to 22 K in fields H <= 16…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 V. Guritanu , W. Goldacker , F. Bouquet , Y. Wang , R. Lortz , G. Goll , A. Junod

Moir\'e materials have enabled the realization of flat electron bands and quantum phases that are driven by strong correlations associated with flat bands. Superconductivity has been observed, but solely, in graphene moir\'e materials. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-24 Yiyu Xia , Zhongdong Han , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Taniguchi , Jie Shan , Kin Fai Mak

We report the discovery of bulk superconductivity (SC) at 6.1 K in a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) chromium pnictide K$_2$Cr$_3$As$_3$ which contains [(Cr$_3$As$_3$)$^{2-}$]$_{\infty}$ double-walled subnano-tubes with face-sharing Cr$_{6/2}$…

In this article, we report the occurrence of superconductivity in Sn0.4Sb0.6 single crystal at below 4K. Rietveld refined Powder XRD data confirms the phase purity of as grown crystal, crystallizing in rhombohedral R-3m space group with an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-06-23 M. M. Sharma , Kapil Kumar , Lina Sang , X. L. Wang , V. P. S. Awana

We report on the superconducting properties of In doped SnTe which has recently been explored as a topological crystalline superconductor. Single crystals of Sn0.5In0.5Te have been synthesized by modified Bridgman method. Resistivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-06-17 V. K. Maurya , Shruti , P. Srivastava , S. Patnaik

The noncentrosymmetric Half Heusler compound YPtBi exhibits superconductivity below a critical temperature T_c = 0.77 K with a zero-temperature upper critical field H_c2(0) = 1.5 T. Magnetoresistance and Hall measurements support…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-12-22 Nicholas P. Butch , P. Syers , Kevin Kirshenbaum , Andrew P. Hope , Johnpierre Paglione

The discovery of superconductivity in 3$d$-transition metal compounds with strong magnetism is interesting but rare. Especially for Mn-based compounds, there exist only very limited materials that show superconductivity. Here, we report the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-17 Zhe-Ning Xiang , Ying-Jie Zhang , Qing Lu , Qing Li , Yiwen Li , Tianheng Huang , Yijie Zhu , Yongze Ye , Jian Sun , Hai-Hu Wen

Given the rarity of metallic systems that exhibit ferroelectric-like transitions, it is apparently challenging to find a system that simultaneously possesses superconductivity and ferroelectric-like structural instability. Here, we report…

We report superconductivity in epitaxial PtSb(0001) thin films grown on SrF2(111). Electrical transport measurements reveal a superconducting transition at $T_{\mathrm c}=1.72$ K. The field-induced broadening of the transition and the…

We show that the previously unreported ternary $\sigma$-phase material Nb$_{20.4}$Ru$_{5.7}$Ge$_{3.9}$ is a superconductor with a critical temperature of 2.2 K. Temperature-dependent magnetic susceptibility, resistance, and specific heat…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-12-13 Elizabeth M. Carnicom , Weiwei Xie , Zuzanna Sobczak , Tai Kong , Tomasz Klimczuk , Robert J. Cava

We investigated the chemical pressure effects on structural and electronic properties of SnTe-based material using partial substitution of Sn by Ag0.5Bi0.5, which results in lattice shrinkage. For Sn1-2x(AgBi)xTe, single-phase…

Through a combination of X-ray diffraction, electrical transport, magnetic susceptibility, and heat capacity measurements, we report the effect of La doping on Sr in the newly discovered SrFBiS2 system. Superconducting transition with…

We report the electrical, magnetic and thermal measurements on a layered cobalt oxyhydrate Na$_{0.31}$CoO$_{2}\cdot$1.3H$_{2}$O. Bulk superconductivity at 4.3 K has been confirmed, however, the measured superconducting fraction is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Guanghan Cao , Chunmu Feng , Yi Xu , Wen Lu , Jingqin Shen , Minghu Fang , Zhu'an Xu

Discovery of exotic phases of matter from the topologically non-trivial systems not only makes the research on topological materials more interesting but also enriches our understanding of the fascinating physics of such materials.…

We report the discovery of superconductivity in the ternary aluminide Nb$_{5}$Sn$_{2}$Al, which crystallizes in the W$_{5}$Si$_{3}$-type structure with one-dimensional Nb chains along the $c$-axis. It is found that the compound has a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-02-12 Jifeng Wu , Bin Liu , Yanwei Cui , Hangdong Wang , Zhicheng Wang , Zhi Ren , Guanghan Cao

We have studied the half-Heusler compound TbPdBi through resistivity, magnetization, Hall effect and heat capacity measurements. A semimetal behavior is observed in its normal state transport properties, which is characterized by a large…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-01 H. Xiao , T. Hu , W. Liu , Y. L. Zhu , P. G. Li , G. Mu , J. Su , K. Li , Z. Q. Mao