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    Superconductivity in gallium-substituted Ba8Si46 clathrates

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    PhysRevB.75.054513.pdf (851.5Kb)
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    2007
    Author
    Li, Yang
    Zhang, Ruihong
    Liu, Yang
    Chen, Ning
    Luo, Z. P.
    Ma, Xingqiao
    Cao, Guohui
    Feng, Z. S.
    Hu, Chia-Ren
    Ross, Joseph H., Jr.
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    Abstract
    We report a joint experimental and theoretical investigation of superconductivity in Ga-substituted type-I silicon clathrates. We prepared samples of the general formula Ba8Si46-xGax, with different values of x. We show that Ba8Si40Ga6 is a bulk superconductor, with an onset at T-C approximate to 3.3 K. For x=10 and higher, no superconductivity was observed down to T=1.8 K. This represents a strong suppression of superconductivity with increasing Ga content, compared to Ba8Si46 with T-C approximate to 8 K. Suppression of superconductivity can be attributed primarily to a decrease in the density of states at the Fermi level, caused by a reduced integrity of the sp(3)-hybridized networks as well as the lowering of carrier concentration. These results are corroborated by first-principles calculations, which show that Ga substitution results in a large decrease of the electronic density of states at the Fermi level, which explains the decreased superconducting critical temperature within the BCS framework. To further characterize the superconducting state, we carried out magnetic measurements showing Ba8Si40Ga6 to be a type-II superconductor. The critical magnetic fields were measured to be H-C1 approximate to 35 Oe and H-C2 approximate to 8.5 kOe. We deduce the London penetration depth lambda approximate to 3700 A and the coherence length xi(c)approximate to 200 A. Our estimate of the electron-phonon coupling reveals that Ba8Si40Ga6 is a moderate phonon-mediated BCS superconductor.
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    http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.75.054513
    http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/146816
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    Journals published by the American Physical Society can be found at http://journals.aps.org/
    Subject
    HIGH-PRESSURE SYNTHESIS
    THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    THERMAL-CONDUCTIVITY
    GE
    SI
    FERROMAGNETISM
    BA8GA16SI30
    SR8GA16GE30
    TRANSITION
    BA
    Physics
    Department
    Physics and Astronomy
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    Yang Li, Ruihong Zhang, Yang Liu, Ning Chen, Z. P. Luo, Xingqiao Ma, Guohui Cao, Z. S. Feng, Chia-Ren Hu and Joseph H. Ross Jr. Phys.Rev.B 75 054513 2007."Copyright (2007) by the American Physical Society."

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