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This study describes the synthesis and characterization of Nb2TiW and Nb2TiMo medium entropy alloys (MEAs). The Nb2TiW and Nb2TiMo MEAs can be successfully synthesized by an arc melting method. Their structures and superconducting…

In the present work, we report the synthesis of Pb-Bi alloy with enhanced Tc of up to 9K, which is higher than that of Pb. The alloy is synthesized via a solid-state reaction route in the vacuum-encapsulated quartz tube at 7000C in an…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-07-02 N. K. Karn , Kapil Kumar , Naveen Kumar , Yogesh Kumar , M. M. Sharma , Jin Hu , V. P. S. Awana

Superconductivity has been found in RuN films obtained by reactive magnetron sputtering. This is a novel member of the metal nitride superconductors family. The critical temperature of the superconducting transition varies depending on the…

We report on the structural and superconducting properties of the intermetallic compound BaGaGe. We find that this material undergoes a structural second-order phase transition from the distorted AlB$_2$-type structure (1H, $a$ = 4.3254(2)…

We report the synthesis, electronic properties, and electronic structure of ullmannite-type PtSbS, which has a cubic crystal structure without space inversion symmetry. Electrical resistivity and magnetization measured at low temperatures…

Conventional superconductivity follows Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer(BCS) theory of electrons-pairing in momentum-space, while superfluidity is the Bose-Einstein condensation(BEC) of atoms paired in real-space. These properties of solid metals…

We observed superconductivity ($T_{c}$ $\simeq$2-3 K) in Li$_{x}$RhB$_{y}$ intermetallics wherein $x$ and $y$ vary over a wide compositional range. The crystal structure consists of cubic unit-cell ($a$ $\simeq$ 12.1 \AA ) with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-12 H. Takeya , M. ElMassalami , H. S. Amorim , H. Fujii , T. Mochiku , Y. Takano

Electrical resistivity measurements as a function of temperature between 1 K and 300 K were performed at various pressures up to 3 GPa on the superconducting layered compounds Ln(O0.5F0.5)BiS2 (Ln = La, Ce). At atmospheric pressure,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-09-04 C. T. Wolowiec , D. Yazici , B. D. White , K. Huang , M. B. Maple

Superconducting bulk properties of ternary Nb2 BN are confirmed and are described by means of magnetization, electronic transport and specific-heat measurements. BCS conventional super- conductivity is found with Tc = 4.4 K. Critical fields…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-18 O. V. Cigarroa , S. T. Renosto , A. J. S. Machado

We report on specific heat measurements in Ba$_{1-x}$K$_x$Fe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ ($x\le 0.6$). For the underdoped sample with $x=0.2$ both the spin-density-wave transition at $T = 100$ K and the superconducting transition at 23 K can be…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-02-03 Ch. Kant , J. Deisenhofer , A. Günther , F. Schrettle , M. Rotter , D. Johrendt , A. Loidl

The mechanism of superconductivity caused by the electron-vibrational centres and their inherent oscillations in crystals and solid-state structures near room temperature and at higher temperatures - hyperconductivity is discussed and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 V. A. Vdovenkov

Bulk superconductivity in a topological semimetal is a first step towards realizing topological superconductors, which can host Majorana fermions allowing us to achieve quantum computing. Here, we report superconductivity and compensation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-05-18 M. Oudah , J. Bannies , D. A. Bonn , M. C. Aronson

Various tin hydrides SnHx (x = 4, 8, 12, 14) have been theoretically predicted to be stable at high pressures and to show high-critical-temperature superconductivity with Tc ranging from about 70 to 100 K. However, experimental…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-03-17 F. Hong , P. F. Shan , L. X. Yang , B. B. Yue , P. T. Yang , Z. Y. Liu , J. P. Sun , J. H. Dai , H. Yu , Y. Y. Yin , X. H. Yu , J. G. Cheng , Z. X. Zhao

Type I superconductivity has recently been reported for the Dirac semimetal PdTe$_2$ (Tc approximately 1.6K) with, remarkably, multiple critical fields and a complex phase diagram. Here, measurements of the specific heat utilizing a thermal…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-10 M. V. Salis , Y. K. Huang , A. de Visser

Here we report further investigation on the thermodynamic, and transport properties, and the first assessment of theoretical calculations for the BiS2-layered Bi3O2S3 superconductor. The polycrystalline sample is synthesized with the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-06-23 L. Li , D. Parker , P. Babkevich , L. Yang , H. M. Ronnow , A. S. Sefat

Tunneling and optical transmission studies have been performed on superconducting samples of Rb3C60. At temperatures much below the superconducting transition temperature Tc the energy gap is 2 Delta=5.2 +- 0.2meV, corresponding to 2…

High-temperature superconductivity in pressurized and strained bilayer nickelates (La,Pr)$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ has emerged as a new frontier. One of the key unresolved issues concerns the fermiology that underlies superconductivity. On both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-09 Siheon Ryee , Niklas Witt , Giorgio Sangiovanni , Tim O. Wehling

The recently discovered spin-triplet superconductor candidate UTe2 with Tc = 2 K has attracted enormous attention because it possesses many interesting properties, such as the extremely high upper critical field Hc2(0), chiral…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-12 Qing Li , Zhe-Ning Xiang , Bin-Bin Zhang , Ying-Jie Zhang , Chaofan Zhang , Hai-Hu Wen

In the framework of strong-coupling formalism, we have calculated the thermodynamic parameters of superconducting state in the ${\rm YB_{6}}$ compound. The values of critical temperature ($T_{C}$) are $9.5$~K and $7.9$~K for the Coulomb…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-15 A. M. Bujak , K. A. Szewczyk , M. Kostrzewa , K. M. Szczȩśniak , M. A. Sowińska

The physical properties of CsNi$_{2}$Se$_{2}$ were characterized by electrical resistivity, magnetization and specific heat measurements. We found that the stoichiometric CsNi$_{2}$Se$_{2}$ compound is a superconductor with a transition…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-03-29 Huimin Chen , Jinhu Yang , Chao Cao , Lin Li , Qiping Su , Bin Chen , Hangdong Wang , Qianhui Mao , Jianhua Du , Minghu Fang