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| Author(s): |
Abud, F.
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Chaia, N.
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Torikachvili, M. S.
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Jardim, R. F.
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Alloys and Compounds; v. 959, p. 8-pg., 2023-05-19. |
| Abstract | |
We carried out an investigation of the structural and superconducting properties of Re3W1-xMx alloys, which can crystallize in both a centrosymmetric (CS) hexagonal, and a non-centrosymmetric (NCS) cubic alpha-Mn phase. The superconducting transition temperatures (Tc) of the CS and NCS phases in pure Re3W are similar to 9.1 and similar to 7.7 K, respectively. While boules fast cooled from the melt have a mixture of CS phases, the NCS phase can be stabilized upon annealing at very high temperatures (similar to 1700 degrees C), or upon the partial sub-stitution of the transition metals M = Ta, or Nb for W. X-ray diffraction and wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDS) data suggest that the optimal composition for the formation of the alpha-Mn phase directly from the melt in Re3W1-xMx is x approximate to 0.5. A detailed study of the superconducting properties of the Re3W1-xMx solid solutions was carried out by means of measurement of magnetization, ac magnetic susceptibility, electrical transport, and low temperature specific heat. As the M content is increased, the superconducting critical temperature Tc progressively decreases, though the overall superconducting properties remain si-milar to those of the parent NCS Re3W compound. The partial substitution at the W site does not seem to affect the pairing mechanism. Given the exponentially vanishing character of the electronic specific heat Ce (T) at low temperatures, the superconducting behavior of the NCS alloys is consistent with a nodeless, s -wave superconducting gap symmetry in all NCS samples. These findings add the pseudo-binary Re-M-W systems to the small roll of NCS materials where the pairing symmetry of the superconducting state can be explored. (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 22/02691-0 - Study of the reentrance and electronic tunneling in superconductors of the Re3M families (M = W, Mo, Nb, Ta) and MX3 (M = Zr, Nb; X = Te, Se) |
| Grantee: | Fábio Santos Alves Abud |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 13/07296-2 - CDMF - Center for the Development of Functional Materials |
| Grantee: | Elson Longo da Silva |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC |