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We characterize the superconducting state of phase pure polycrystalline samples of the new layered superconductor MgB$_2$ by specific heat measurements in magnetic fields up to 9 T. The characteristic jump at the superconducting transition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 R. K. Kremer , B. J. Gibson , K. Ahn

Polycrystalline samples of FeSe$_{0.5}$Te$_{0.5}$ were synthesized using a conventional solid-state reaction method. The onset of bulk superconductivity transition was confirmed by SQUID magnetometry at 12.5~K. $^{57}$Fe M\"ossbauer spectra…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-19 J. Lindén , J. -P. Libäck , M. Karppinen , E. -L. Rautama , H. Yamauchi

We measured the specific heat, the magnetization, and the magnetoresistance of a single crystal of ZrB12, which is superconducting below Tc ~ 6 K. The specific heat in zero field shows a BCS-type superconducting transition. The normal- to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 Yuxing Wang , Rolf Lortz , Yuriy Paderno , Vladimir Filippov , Satoko Abe , Ulrich Tutsch , Alain Junod

The interplay of superconductivity with electronic and structural instabilities on the kagome lattice provides a fertile ground for the emergence of unusual phenomena. The vanadium-based kagome metals $A$V$_3$Sb$_5$ ($A=$ K, Rb, Cs) exhibit…

This article reports the experimentally clarified crystal structure of a recently discovered sulfur hydride in high temperature superconducting phase which has the highest critical temperature Tc over 200 K which has been ever reported. For…

Single crystals of SrFe2-xPtxAs2 (0 < x < 0.36) were grown using the self flux solution method and characterized using x-ray crystallography, electrical transport, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat measurements. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-10-21 Kevin Kirshenbaum , Shanta R. Saha , Tyler Drye , Johnpierre Paglione

According to the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory, superconductivity usually needs well defined Fermi surface(s) with strong electron-phonon coupling and moderate quasiparticle density of states (DOS). A kagome lattice can host flat…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-02-22 Qing Li , Yuxiang Wu , Xinwei Fan , Ying-Jie Zhang , Xiyu Zhu , Zhengyan Zhu , Yiwen Li , Hai-Hu Wen

The properties of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor ($\alpha$-$\textit{Mn}$ structure) Nb$_{0.5}$Os$_{0.5}$ is investigated using resistivity, magnetization, specific heat, and muon spin relaxation and rotation ($\mu$SR) measurements.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-02-14 D. Singh , J. A. T. Barker , A. Thamizhavel , A. D. Hillier , D. McK. Paul , R. P. Singh

We report the synthesis, magnetic susceptibility and crystal structure analysis for NbB2+x (x = 0.0 to 1.0) samples. The study facilitates in finding a correlation among the lattice parameters, chemical composition and the superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-13 Monika Mudgel , V. P. S. Awana , G. L. Bhalla , H. Kishan

Van der Waals superlattices are important for tailoring the electronic structures and properties of layered materials. Here we report the superconducting properties and electronic structure of a natural van der Waals superlattice…

In this article, we report magneto-heat capacity analysis of superconducting SnAs, which is characterized through X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and magneto-transport measurements. The studied SnAs…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-04-07 M. M. Sharma , V. P. S. Awana

Superconductivity (SC) was experimentally observed for the first time in antimony polyhydride. The diamond anvil cell combined with laser heating system was used to synthesize the antimony polyhydride sample at high pressure and high…

Tin sulfide (SnS) was successfully synthesized in single crystals by a melt and slow-cooling method. The obtained sample was characterized by an X-ray diffraction, an energy dispersive spectrometry, and an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.…

We report bulk superconductivity induced by an isovalent doping of phosphorus in BaFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$. The P-for-As substitution results in shrinkage of lattice, especially for the FeAs block layers. The resistivity anomaly…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-08-25 Shuai Jiang , Hui Xing , Guofang Xuan , Cao Wang , Zhi Ren , Chunmu Feng , Jianhui Dai , Zhu'an Xu , Guanghan Cao

We observe superconductivity below a critical temperature TC = 1.8 K in single-crystal Ir3Te8, which also exhibits normal-state diamagnetism and a linear temperature dependence of electrical resistivity for a wide temperature interval, 20 K…

A high quality superconducting Li$_{0.68}$NbO$_2$ polycrystalline sample was synthesized by deintercalation of Li ions from Li$_{0.93}$NbO$_2$. The field dependent resistivity and specific heat were measured down to 0.5 K. The upper…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 G. T. liu , J. L. Luo , Z. Li , Y. Q. Guo , N. L. Wang , D. Jin , T. Xiang

The structural, superconducting, and electronic phase diagram of [Tl4]Tl1-xSnxTe3 is reported. Magnetization and specific heat measurements show bulk superconductivity exists for 0 < x < 0.4. Resistivity measurements indicate a crossover…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-02-26 K. E. Arpino , B. D. Wasser , T. M. McQueen

Superconductivity with transition temperature $T_c=1.7$ K has been reported in bilayer graphene [1,2]. The main factors, which may shed light on the mechanism of the formation of this superconductivity, are the following. Superconductivity…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-06-22 G. E. Volovik

We synthesized single crystalline and policrystalline MgB_2 under ambient pressures. The single crystals of MgB_2 were of good quality, where the crystal structure refinements were successfully converged with R = 0.020. The specific heat of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 Y. Machida , S. Sasaki , H. Fujii , M. Furuyama , I. Kakeya , K. Kadowaki

We report the superconductivity of PbTaS2 single crystals with the centrosymmetric structure. The systematic measurements of magnetization, electric transport and specific heat indicate that PbTaS2 is a weakly coupled type-II superconductor…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-22 J. J. Gao , J. G. Si , X. Luo , J. Yan , Z. Z. Jiang , W. Wang , C. Q. Xu , X. F. Xu , P. Tong , W. H. Song , X. B. Zhu , W. J. Lu , Y. P. Sun