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We report on the discovery of superconductivity in the previously unknown compound Ta$_4$Rh$_2$C$_{1-\delta}$. Ta$_4$Rh$_2$C$_{1-\delta}$ crystallizes in the $\eta$-carbide structure type, in the cubic space group $Fd\bar{3}m$ (No.227) with…

The layered transition metal dichalcogenide compounds 1T-TaS2 and 4H-TaS2 are well known for their exotic properties, which include charge density wave, superconductivity, Mott transition, etc., and lately quantum spin liquid. Here, we…

Quantum materials with non-trivial band topology and bulk superconductivity are considered superior materials to realize topological superconductivity. In this regard, we report detailed Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations and Z2…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-24 N. K. Karn , M. M. Sharma , Prince Sharma , Ganesh Gurjar , S. Patnaik , V. P. S. Awana

The theoretical exploration of the phase diagrams of binary hydrides under pressure using \emph{ab initio} crystal structure prediction techniques coupled with first-principles calculations has led to the \emph{in silico} discovery of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-02-25 Eva Zurek , Tiange Bi

In unconventional superconductors, it is generally believed that understanding the physical properties of the normal state is a pre-requisite for understanding the superconductivity mechanism. In conventional superconductors like niobium or…

A new experimental study by Snider et al. [Nature 586, 373-377 (2020)] reported behavior in a high-pressure carbon-sulfur-hydrogen system that has been interpreted by the authors as superconductivity at room temperature. The sudden drop of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-16 Mehmet Dogan , Marvin L. Cohen

We report the results of electrical resistivity, magnetic and thermodynamic measurements on polycrystalline SnSb, whose structure consists of stacks of Sb bilayers and Sn4Sb3 septuple layers along the c-axis. The material is found to be a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-11-16 Bin Liu , Jifeng Wu , Yanwei Cui , Hangdong Wang , Yi Liu , Zhicheng Wang , Zhi Ren , Guanghan Cao

The empirical relation of T_co(K)=2740/<q>_c^4 between the transition temperature of optimum doped superconductors T_co and the mean cationic charge <q>_c, a physical paradox, can be recast to strongly support fractal theories of high-T_c…

General Physics · Physics 2016-04-07 Hans Hermann Otto

The Dirac semimetal PdTe${}_2$ becomes superconducting at a temperature $T_{c}=1.6$~K. Thermodynamic and muon spin rotation experiments support type-I superconductivity, which is unusual for a binary compound. A key property of a type-I…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-24 P. Garcia-Campos , Y. K. Huang , A. de Visser , K. Hasselbach

The reentrant superconductivity is the peculiar phenomenon observed in paramagnetic metal UTe$_2$ in magnetic field parallel to the hard magnetisation axis. It is difficult to explain it in terms of field dependent intensity of magnetic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-07-15 V. P. Mineev

We examine the possibility of high temperature superconductivity from two-dimensional semiconductor without antiferromagnetic fluctuations. The weak coupling BCS theory is applied, especially where the Fermi level is near the bottom of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Mahito Kohmoto , Iksoo Chang , Jacques Friedel

The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity above 240 K in binary La-H and Y-H systems inspired further predictions of even higher transition temperatures in compounds such as YH10 and MgH6, which are likely to be dynamically…

Both Nb$_3$Pd$_x$Se$_7$ and Ta$_4$Pd$_3$Te$_{16}$ crystallize in a monoclinic point group while exhibiting superconducting transition temperatures as high as $T_c\sim 3.5$ and $\sim 4.7 $ K, respectively. Disorder was claimed to lead to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-09-21 Q. R. Zhang , D. Rhodes , B. Zeng , M. D. Johannes , L. Balicas

Resistivity, Hall effect and magnetization have been investigated on the new superconductor Bi4O4S3. A weak insulating behavior has been induced in the normal state when the superconductivity is suppressed. Hall effect measurements…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-09-12 Sheng Li , Huan Yang , Jian Tao , Xiaxin Ding , Hai-Hu Wen

Multiband superconductivity arises when multiple electronic bands contribute to the formation of the superconducting state, allowing distinct pairing interactions and gap structures. Here, we present field- and temperature-dependent data on…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-08 A. Alshemi , E. M. Forgan , A. Hiess , R. Cubitt , J. S. White , K. Schmalzl , E. Blackburn

The phenomenon of high temperature superconductivity, approaching room temperature, has been realized in a number of hydrogen-dominant alloy systems under high pressure conditions1-12. A significant discovery in reaching room temperature…

The latest discovery of high temperature superconductivity signature in single-layer FeSe is significant because it is possible to break the superconducting critical temperature ceiling (maximum Tc~55 K) that has been stagnant since the…

The possibility of multi-band conductivity and multi-gap superconductivity is explored in oriented V3Si thin films by means of reflectance and transmittance measurements at terahertz frequencies. The temperature dependence of the…

Superconductivity in low-dimensional compounds has long attracted much interest. Here we report superconductivity in a low-dimensional ternary telluride Ta4Pd3Te16 in which the repeating layers contain edge-sharing octahedrally-coordinated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-11-26 Wen-He Jiao , Zhang-Tu Tang , Yun-Lei Sun , Yi Liu , Qian Tao , Chun-Mu Feng , Yue-Wu Zeng , Zhu-An Xu , Guang-Han Cao

Superconductivity is traditionally viewed as a low-temperature phenomenon. Within the BCS theory this is understood to result from the fact that the pairing of electrons takes place only close to the usually two-dimensional Fermi surface…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-11-22 Tero T. Heikkila , Grigori E. Volovik