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The thermal conductivity of organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2 (Tc =10.4 K) has been studied in a magnetic field rotating within the 2D superconducting planes with high alignment precision. At low temperatures (T < 0.5 K), a…
Thermal conductivity $\kappa_{xx}(T)$ under a field is investigated in $d_{x^2-y^2}$-wave superconductors and isotropic s-wave superconductors by the linear response theory, using a microscopic wave function of the vortex lattice states. To…
Transport properties provide important information about the mobility, elastic and inelastic of scattering of excitations in solids. Heat transport is well understood for phonons and electrons, but little is known about heat transport by…
We have studied the interlayer resistivity of the prototypical quasi-two-dimensional organic superconductor $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu(NCS)$_2$ as a function of temperature, current and magnetic field, within the superconducting state. We…
We derive the expression for the thermal conductivity \kappa in the low-temperature limit T \to 0 in d-wave superconductors, taking into account the presence of competing orders such as spin-density wave, is-pairing, etc.. The expression is…
We report high-resolution specific heat measurements on the quasi-2D organic superconductor $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$Cu(NCS)$_2$, performed by using a most sensitive ac-modulation technique. The main observations are (i) a discontinuity at…
Whether or not anomalies in the thermal conductivity in insulating cuprates can be attributed to antiferromagnetic order and magnons in a 2D Mott insulator remains an intriguing open question. To shed light on this issue, we investigate the…
The fascinating electronic properties of the family of layered organic molecular crystals kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2X where X is an anion (e.g., X=I3, Cu[N(CN)2]Br, Cu(SCN)2) are reviewed. These materials are particularly interesting because of…
We present a microscopic approach to the calculations of thermal conductivity in unconventional superconductors for a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields. Our work employs the non-equilibrium Keldysh formulation of the…
The field dependence of low-temperature thermal conductivity $\kappa(H)$ observed on cuprates is explained by calculating $\kappa(H)$ microscopically. The heat current carried by low-lying quasiparticles around a vortex core decreases with…
The thermal conductivity $\kappa (H,T)$ of the new superconductor $MgB_2$ was studied as a function of the temperature and a magnetic field. No anomaly in the thermal conductivity $\kappa (H,T)$ is observed around the superconducting…
High-resolution specific-heat measurements of the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)_2Cu[N(CN)_2]Br in the superconducting (B = 0) and normal (B = 14 T) state show a clearly resolvable anomaly at Tc = 11.5 K and an electronic…
We present the results of a microscopic calculation of the longitudinal thermal conductivity, $\kappa$, of a d-wave superconductor in the mixed state. Our results show an increase in the thermal conductivity with the applied field at low…
We report low-temperature thermal conductivity down to 40 mK of the antiferromagnet BaFe$_2$As$_{2}$, which is the parent compound of recently discovered iron-based superconductors. In the investigated temperature range below 4 K, the…
We present the temperature dependence of the thermal conductivity kappa(T) of the unconventional superconductor Sr_2RuO_4 down to low temperatures (100 mK). In T -> 0 K limit we found a finite residual term in kappa/T, providing clear…
Heat transport in the cuprate superconductors YBa$_2$Cu$_3$O$_{y}$ and La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ was measured at low temperatures as a function of doping. A residual linear term kappa_{0}/T is observed throughout the superconducting region…
We analyse the behavior of the thermal conductivity, $\kappa(H)$, in the vortex state of a quasi-two-dimensional d-wave superconductor when both the heat current and the applied magnetic field are in the basal plane. At low temperature the…
Angle and temperature dependent torque magnetization measurements are reported for the organic superconductor kappa-(BEDT-TTF)2Cu(NCS)2, at extremely low temperatures (approx. Tc/10^3). Magneto-thermal instabilities are observed in the form…
Starting from an {\it ab initio}-derived two-site dimer Hubbard hamiltonian on a triangular lattice, we calculate the superconducting gap functions and critical temperatures for representative $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$X superconductors by…
We present the results of a microscopic calculation of the longitudinal thermal conductivity of quasiparticles, $\kappa_{xx}$, in a 2D d-wave superconductor in the vortex state. Our approach takes into account both impurity scattering and a…