- BaAuP and BaAuAs, synthesis via disproportionation of gold upon interaction with pnictides as bases
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Gold disproportinates in the presence of the Zintl phases Ba 3P2 or Ba3As2 forming BaAuP and BaAuAs, respectively, and BaAu2. The air and moisture sensitive ternary compounds crystallise in the ZrBeSi
- Nuss, Juergen,Jansen, Martin
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- Superconductivity in Alkaline Earth Metal-Filled Skutterudites BaxIr4X12 (X = As, P)
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We report superconductive iridium pnictides BaxIr4X12 (X = As and P) with a filled skutterudite structure, demonstrating that Ba filling dramatically alters their electronic properties and induces a nonmetal-to-metal transition with increasing the Ba content x. The highest superconducting transition temperatures are 4.8 and 5.6 K observed for BaxIr4As12 and BaxIr4P12, respectively. The superconductivity in BaxIr4X12 can be classified into the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer type with intermediate coupling.
- Qi, Yanpeng,Lei, Hechang,Guo, Jiangang,Shi, Wujun,Yan, Binghai,Felser, Claudia,Hosono, Hideo
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- Structural Phase Transitions and Superconductivity Induced in Antiperovskite Phosphide CaPd3P
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In this study, we succeeded in synthesizing new antiperovskite phosphides MPd3P (M = Ca, Sr, Ba) and discovered the appearance of a superconducting phase (0.17 ≤ x ≤ 0.55) in a solid solution (Ca1-xSrx)Pd3P. Three perovskite-related crystal structures were identified in (Ca1-xSrx)Pd3P, and a phase diagram was built on the basis of experimental results. The first phase transition from centrosymmetric (Pnma) to noncentrosymmetric orthorhombic (Aba2) occurred in CaPd3P near room temperature. The phase transition temperature decreased as Ca2+ was replaced with a larger-sized isovalent Sr2+. Bulk superconductivity at a critical temperature (Tc) of approximately 3.5 K was observed in a range of x = 0.17-0.55; this was associated with the centrosymmetric orthorhombic phase. Thereafter, a noncentrosymmetric tetragonal phase (I41md) remained stable for 0.6 ≤ x ≤ 1.0, and superconductivity was significantly suppressed as samples with x = 0.75 and 1.0 showed Tc values as low as 0.32 K and 57 mK, respectively. For further substitution with a larger-sized isovalent Ba2+, namely, (Sr1-yBay)Pd3P, the tetragonal phase continued throughout the composition range. BaPd3P no longer showed superconductivity down to 20 mK. Since the inversion symmetry of structure and superconductivity can be precisely controlled in (Ca1-xSrx)Pd3P, this material may offer a unique opportunity to study the relationship between inversion symmetry and superconductivity.
- Eisaki, Hiroshi,Fujihisa, Hiroshi,Gotoh, Yoshito,Hirose, Hishiro T.,Ishida, Shigeyuki,Iyo, Akira,Kawashima, Kenji,Ninomiya, Hiroki,Terashima, Taichi,Yoshida, Yoshiyuki
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