Crossover and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the filled-skutterudite system
Abstract
The superconducting and normal-state properties of the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12 were studied. Polycrystalline samples were investigated via x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific-heat measurements. Upon Eu substitution, we observed a crossover from superconducting to antiferromagnetic states with a region where both states coexist. Here, in the superconducting region, the specific-heat data exhibit a change of temperature dependence, suggesting an evolution from a nodal to a nodeless superconducting energy gap or a suppression of multiband superconductivity. This change is relatively slower than those reported for different substituent ions, suggesting that paramagnetic impurities have a weaker pair-breaking effect on unconventional superconductivity in PrPt4Ge12. In the normal state, an evolution from Fermi-liquid to non-Fermi-liquid behavior was observed, accompanied by the coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism, suggesting that the underlying electronic structure is primarily responsible for the complex physical phenomena found in this system.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Program. Center for Advanced Nanoscience
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Center for Advanced Nanoscience. Dept. of Physics
- California State Univ., Fresno, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); California State University, Fresno, CA (United States); Kent State Univ., Kent, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1418614
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1353278
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-04ER46105; DMR 1206553; DMR 1506677; DMR 1505826
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; antiferromagnetism; phase transitions; superconductivity
Citation Formats
Jeon, I., Ran, S., Breindel, A. J., Ho, P.-C., Adhikari, R. B., Almasan, C. C., Luong, B., and Maple, M. B. Crossover and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134517.
Jeon, I., Ran, S., Breindel, A. J., Ho, P.-C., Adhikari, R. B., Almasan, C. C., Luong, B., & Maple, M. B. Crossover and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134517
Jeon, I., Ran, S., Breindel, A. J., Ho, P.-C., Adhikari, R. B., Almasan, C. C., Luong, B., and Maple, M. B. Wed .
"Crossover and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134517. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1418614.
@article{osti_1418614,
title = {Crossover and coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism in the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12},
author = {Jeon, I. and Ran, S. and Breindel, A. J. and Ho, P.-C. and Adhikari, R. B. and Almasan, C. C. and Luong, B. and Maple, M. B.},
abstractNote = {The superconducting and normal-state properties of the filled-skutterudite system Pr1-xEuxPt4Ge12 were studied. Polycrystalline samples were investigated via x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific-heat measurements. Upon Eu substitution, we observed a crossover from superconducting to antiferromagnetic states with a region where both states coexist. Here, in the superconducting region, the specific-heat data exhibit a change of temperature dependence, suggesting an evolution from a nodal to a nodeless superconducting energy gap or a suppression of multiband superconductivity. This change is relatively slower than those reported for different substituent ions, suggesting that paramagnetic impurities have a weaker pair-breaking effect on unconventional superconductivity in PrPt4Ge12. In the normal state, an evolution from Fermi-liquid to non-Fermi-liquid behavior was observed, accompanied by the coexistence of superconductivity and antiferromagnetism, suggesting that the underlying electronic structure is primarily responsible for the complex physical phenomena found in this system.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134517},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 13,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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