Type-I superconductivity in ScGa3 and LuGa3 single crystals
| dc.citation.firstpage | 174514 | |
| dc.citation.journalTitle | Physical Review B | |
| dc.citation.volumeNumber | 85 | |
| dc.contributor.author | Svanidze, E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morosan, E. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-14T18:30:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-14T18:30:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We present evidence of type-I superconductivity in single crystals of ScGa3 and LuGa3, from magnetization, specific heat, and resistivity measurements: low critical temperatures Tc = 2.1–2.2 K; field-induced secondto first-order phase transition in the specific heat, critical fields less than 240 Oe; and low Ginzburg-Landau coefficients κ ≈0.23 and 0.30 for ScGa3 and LuGa3, respectively, are all traits of a type-I superconducting ground state. These observations render ScGa3 and LuGa3 two of only several type-I superconducting compounds, with most other superconductors being type II (compounds and alloys) or type I (elemental metals and metaloids). | |
| dc.embargo.terms | none | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Svanidze, E. and Morosan, E.. "Type-I superconductivity in ScGa3 and LuGa3 single crystals." <i>Physical Review B,</i> 85, (2012) American Physical Society: 174514. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.174514. | |
| dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.174514 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1911/70622 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | American Physical Society | |
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| dc.title | Type-I superconductivity in ScGa3 and LuGa3 single crystals | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| dc.type.dcmi | Text | |
| dc.type.publication | publisher version |