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We have measured magnetization M(T,H), electrical resistivity ro(T,H), thermal conductivity k(T,H), and thermopower S(T,H) of polycrystalline samples of Nd1-xEuxNiO3; 0 <= x <= 0.35; as a function of temperature and external magnetic field.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 V. B. Barbeta , R. F. Jardim , M. T. Escote , N. R. Dilley

In this article, we examine the superconducting properties of low- and high-$T_c$ magnetic superconductors in magnetic fields close to the first penetration field. Attention is paid to the properties that relate to the interactions between…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-10 Krzysztof Rogacki

We investigated the low-temperature properties of polycrystalline HoNi_2^11B_2C by means of ac-susceptibility and neutron powder diffraction in the temperature range of 1.5 to 10 K and zero magnetic field. A sample with pronounced…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 Armin Dertinger , Andreas Kreyssig , Clemens Ritter , Michael Loewenhaupt , Hans F. Braun

High transition temperature (high-Tc) superconductivity is associated with layered crystal structures. This work considers superconductivity in ultra-thin crystals (of thickness equal to the transverse structural periodicity distance d for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-02-03 Dale R. Harshman , Anthony T. Fiory

The magnetic properties of dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are calculated from first-principles by mapping the ab initio results on a classical Heisenberg model. It is found that the range of the exchange interaction in (Ga, Mn)N is…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Sato , W. Schweika , P. H. Dederichs , H. Katayama-Yoshida

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 free energy difference between the superconducting and normal state for Calcium under the pressure at 120 GPa has been determined. The numerical calculations have been made in the framework of the imaginary axis Eliashberg approach. On…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-23 R. Szczęśniak , A. P. Durajski , M. W. Jarosik

Non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behavior in the normal state of the heavy-fermion superconductor UBe13 is studied by means of low-temperature measurements of the specific heat, C, and electrical resistivity, \rho, on a high-quality single crystal in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 P. Gegenwart , C. Langhammer , R. Helfrich , N. Oeschler , M. Lang , J. S. Kim , G. R. Stewart , F. Steglich

While great scientific efforts focus on the synthesis and studies of near-room-temperature (NRT) superconductors exhibited record superconducting transition temperatures (for instance, laser annealed H3S, LaH10 and YHn (n = 4,6,7,9) with Tc…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-04-21 E. F. Talantsev

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

Highly sensitive magnetic susceptibility techniques were used to measure the superconducting transition temperatures in S up to 231($\pm$5) GPa. S transforms to a superconductor with T$_c$ of 10 K and has a discontinuity in T_c dependence…

In an experiment in a diamond anvil cell utilizing helium pressure medium, yttrium metal displays a superconducting transition temperature which increases monotonically from Tc ? 3.5 K at 30 GPa to 17 K at 89.3 GPa, one of the highest…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 J. J. Hamlin , V. G. Tissen , J. S. Schilling

Low temperature magnetization M measurements down to 70~mK have been performed through the superconducting upper critical field H_c2 of CeCoIn5 with the field H parallel to the c axis of the tetragonal crystal. The crossing through the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-27 Carley Paulsen , Dai Aoki , Georg Knebel , Jacques Flouquet

The recent report of superconductivity under high pressure at the record transition temperature of Tc=203K in sulfur hydride has been identified as conventional in view of the observation of an isotope effect upon deuteration. Here it is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2016-05-24 Annette Bussmann-Holder , Jurgen Kohler , M. -H. Whangbo , Antonio Bianconi , Arndt Simon

The noncentrosymmetric superconductor AuBe have been investigated using the magnetization, resistivity, specific heat, and muon-spin relaxation/rotation measurements. AuBe crystallizes in the cubic FeSi-type B20 structure with…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-04-17 D. Singh , A. D. Hillier , R. P. Singh

Since the discovery of superconductivity at 200 K in H3S [1] similar or higher transition temperatures, Tcs, have been reported for various hydrogen-rich compounds under ultra-high pressures [2]. Superconductivity was experimentally proved…

We report a low-temperature specific heat study of high-quality single crystals of the heavily hole doped superconductor Ca$_{0.32}$Na$_{0.68}$Fe$_2$As$_2$. This compound exhibits bulk superconductivity with a transition temperature $T_c…

We have measured the low-temperature specific heat C(T) for polycrystalline MgB_2 prepared by high pressure synthesis. C(T) below 10 K vanishes exponentially, which unambiguously indicates a fully opened superconducting energy gap. However,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 H. D. Yang , J. -Y. Lin , H. H. Li , F. H. Hsu , C. J. Liu , S. -C. Li , R. -C. Yu , C. -Q. Jin

The discovery of superconductivity at 39 K in magnesium diboride offers the possibility of a new class of low-cost, high-performance superconducting materials for magnets and electronic applications. With twice the critical temperature of…

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