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Title: Local superconductivity in vanadium iron arsenide

Journal Article · · Physical Review B

We investigate the chemical substitution of group 5 into BaFe2As2 (“122”) iron arsenide, in the effort to understand why Fe-site hole doping of this compound (e.g., using group 5 or 6) does not yield bulk superconductivity. We find an increase in the c-lattice parameter of the BaFe2As2 with the substitution of V, Nb, or Ta; the reduction in c predicts the lack of bulk superconductivity [Konzen and Sefat, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 29, 083001 (2017)] that is confirmed here through transport and magnetization results. However, our spectroscopy measurements find a coexistence of antiferromagnetic and local superconducting nanoscale regions in V-122, observed in a transition-metal hole-doped iron arsenide. In BaFe2As2, there is a complex connection between local parameters such as composition and lattice strain, average lattice details, and the emergence of bulk quantum states such as superconductivity and magnetism.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1606885
Journal Information:
Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 10; ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 4 works
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