TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure
Abstract
It is a fundamental truth in solid compounds that the physical properties follow the symmetry of the crystal structure. Nowhere is the effect of symmetry more pronounced than in the electronic and magnetic properties of materials-even the projection of the bulk crystal symmetry onto different crystal faces is known to have a substantial impact on the surface electronic states. The effect of bulk crystal symmetry on the properties of superconductors is widely appreciated, although its study presents substantial challenges. The effect of a lack of a center of symmetry in a crystal structure, for example, has long been understood to necessitate that the wave function of the collective electron state that gives rise to superconductivity has to be more complex than usual. However, few nonhypothetical materials, if any, have actually been proven to display exotic superconducting properties as a result. We introduce two new superconductors that in addition to having noncentrosymmetric crystal structures also have chiral crystal structures. Because the wave function of electrons in solids is particularly sensitive to the host material's symmetry, crystal structure chirality is expected to have a substantial effect on their superconducting wave functions. Our two experimentally obtained chiral noncentrosymmetric superconducting materials have transition temperaturesmore »
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
- Gdansk University of Technology (Poland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Centre (NCN), Krakow (Poland); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1499941
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1595082
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-98ER45706
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Science Advances
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 4; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2375-2548
- Publisher:
- AAAS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Carnicom, Elizabeth M., Xie, Weiwei, Klimczuk, Tomasz, Lin, Jingjing, Górnicka, Karolina, Sobczak, Zuzanna, Ong, Nai Phuan, and Cava, Robert J. TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1126/sciadv.aar7969.
Carnicom, Elizabeth M., Xie, Weiwei, Klimczuk, Tomasz, Lin, Jingjing, Górnicka, Karolina, Sobczak, Zuzanna, Ong, Nai Phuan, & Cava, Robert J. TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure. United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar7969
Carnicom, Elizabeth M., Xie, Weiwei, Klimczuk, Tomasz, Lin, Jingjing, Górnicka, Karolina, Sobczak, Zuzanna, Ong, Nai Phuan, and Cava, Robert J. Fri .
"TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure". United States. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar7969. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1499941.
@article{osti_1499941,
title = {TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure},
author = {Carnicom, Elizabeth M. and Xie, Weiwei and Klimczuk, Tomasz and Lin, Jingjing and Górnicka, Karolina and Sobczak, Zuzanna and Ong, Nai Phuan and Cava, Robert J.},
abstractNote = {It is a fundamental truth in solid compounds that the physical properties follow the symmetry of the crystal structure. Nowhere is the effect of symmetry more pronounced than in the electronic and magnetic properties of materials-even the projection of the bulk crystal symmetry onto different crystal faces is known to have a substantial impact on the surface electronic states. The effect of bulk crystal symmetry on the properties of superconductors is widely appreciated, although its study presents substantial challenges. The effect of a lack of a center of symmetry in a crystal structure, for example, has long been understood to necessitate that the wave function of the collective electron state that gives rise to superconductivity has to be more complex than usual. However, few nonhypothetical materials, if any, have actually been proven to display exotic superconducting properties as a result. We introduce two new superconductors that in addition to having noncentrosymmetric crystal structures also have chiral crystal structures. Because the wave function of electrons in solids is particularly sensitive to the host material's symmetry, crystal structure chirality is expected to have a substantial effect on their superconducting wave functions. Our two experimentally obtained chiral noncentrosymmetric superconducting materials have transition temperatures to superconductivity that are easily experimentally accessible, and our basic property characterization suggests that their superconducting properties may be unusual. We propose that their study may allow for a more in-depth understanding of how chirality influences the properties of superconductors and devices that incorporate them.},
doi = {10.1126/sciadv.aar7969},
journal = {Science Advances},
number = 5,
volume = 4,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri May 04 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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