Cd additive effect on self-flux growth of Cs-intercalated NbS2 superconducting single crystals

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanori Nagao ◽  
Akira Miura ◽  
Yuki Maruyama ◽  
Satoshi Watauchi ◽  
Yoshihiko Takano ◽  
...  

Abstract Single crystals of Cs-intercalated NbS2 (Cs x NbS2) were synthesized using a CsCl/KCl self-flux. The size and Cs content of Cs x NbS2 single crystals increased upon adding Cd metal into the starting materials. When 10–30 at% of Cd per Nb was provided in the starting materials, plate-like Cs x NbS2 (x ∼ 0.3) single crystals with 1–2 mm in size and 10–100 μm in thickness were obtained. The superconducting transition temperature of these Cs x NbS2 single crystals was 1.65 K.

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Tong ◽  
Y. P. Sun

The superconductivity in antiperovskite compound MgCNi3was discovered in 2001 following the discovery of the superconducting MgB2. In spite of its lower superconducting transition temperature (8 K) than MgB2(39 K), MgCNi3has attracted considerable attention due to its high content of magnetic element Ni and the cubic structure analogous to the perovskite cuprates. After years of extensive investigations both theoretically and experimentally, however, it is still not clear whether the mechanism for superconductivity is conventional or not. The central issue is if and how the ferromagnetic spin fluctuations contribute to the cooper paring. Recently, the experimental results on the single crystals firstly reported in 2007 trend to indicate a conventionals-wave mechanism. Meanwhile many compounds neighboring to MgCNi3were synthesized and the physical properties were investigated, which enriches the physics of the Ni-based antiperovskite compounds and help understand the superconductivity in MgCNi3. In this paper, we summarize the research progress in these two aspects. Moreover, a universal phase diagram of these compounds is presented, which suggests a phonon-mediated mechanism for the superconductivity, as well as a clue for searching new superconductors with the antiperovskite structure. Finally, a few possible scopes for future research are proposed.


1993 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 5524-5527 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. D. Berkley ◽  
E. F. Skelton ◽  
N. E. Moulton ◽  
M. S. Osofsky ◽  
W. T. Lechter ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (29n31) ◽  
pp. 3744-3746 ◽  
Author(s):  
AUGUST YURGENS ◽  
DAG WINKLER ◽  
TORD CLAESON ◽  
TAKASHI MURAYAMA ◽  
YOICHI ANDO

We used the hydrostatic pressure P<1 GPa as a tool to change the c-axis interlayer coupling of Bi 2 Sr 1.5 La 0.5 CuO 6+δ (Bi-2201) and Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O 8+δ (Bi-2212) single crystals. The c-axis critical current, as a measure of the interlayer coupling, drastically increases with pressure (up to 270% GPa -1). The superconducting critical temperature, on the contrary, only slightly increases with a rate of ≈ 2 - 6% GPa -1, This implies that the CuO-interlayer coupling has little effect on Tc in Bi-2201.


1989 ◽  
Vol 169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajeshwar P. Sharma ◽  
L. E. Rehn ◽  
P. Baldo ◽  
J. Z. Liu

AbstractIon channeling in single crystals of (Y/Er)Ba2Cu3O7–δ reveal an abrupt change (~0.01Å) at the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) in displacements of the Cu and O atoms perpendicular to the [001] direction. This anomalous change in atomic displacements shifts directly with stoichiometry-induced changes in Tc. Blocking patterns indicate no large structural changes across Tc.


1989 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 409-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHU-YUAN LIN ◽  
LI LU ◽  
HONG-MIN DUAN ◽  
BEI-HAI MA ◽  
DIAN-LIN ZHANG

The thermopower of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7−δ single crystals has been measured from 300 K down to superconducting transition temperature. Strong anisotropy was observed. While the thermopower along ab-plane slightly increased with decreasing temperature, reaching 5 ~ 8 μ V/K around 120 K, the thermopower along c-axis showed typical metallic behavior with room temperature value as large as ~ 30 μ V/K .


1991 ◽  
Vol 05 (30) ◽  
pp. 1989-1995 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. MURUGAKOOTHAN ◽  
R. JAYAVEL ◽  
C.R. VENKATESWARA RAO ◽  
C. SUBRAMANIAN ◽  
P. RAMASAMY

Effect of partial substitution of Ni in the high Tc superconductor single crystals Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O has been studied. Single crystals of Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu/Ni-O are grown from its stoichiometric melt. The addition of Nickel in this system ( Bi 2 Sr 2 Ca 1 Cu 2−x Ni x O y, x=0.1, 0.3) is found to change the growth temperature, superconducting transition temperature, surface morphology, and mechanical property.


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