Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors
Abstract
La3Co and La3Ni are reported superconductors with transition temperatures of 4.5 and 6 K, respectively. In this work, we reinvestigate the physical properties of these two intermetallic compounds with magnetic susceptibility χ, specific heat Cp and electrical resistivity ρ measurements down to 1.9 K. Although bulk superconductivity is confirmed in La3Co, as observed previously, only a trace of it is found in La3Ni, indicating that the superconductivity in La3Ni originates from an impurity phase. Superconducting state parameters for La3Co, including lower and upper critical fields and the superconducting gap, are estimated. Results of the theoretical calculations of the electronic structure for both materials are also presented, and comparison of the Fermi level location in La3Co versus La3Ni explains its larger superconducting Tc. A major discrepancy between band structure calculations and the experimentally measured Sommerfeld coefficient is found. The measured electronic density of states is about 2.5 times larger than the theoretical value for La3Co. This effect cannot be explained by the electron-phonon interaction alone. Renormalization of γ, as well as an ~T2 behavior of the resistivity, suggests the presence of spin fluctuations in both systems.
- Authors:
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- Gdansk Univ. of Technology (Poland). Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics
- AGH Univ. of Science and Technology, Krakow (Poland). Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Centre (Poland); Ministry of Science and Higher Education (Poland)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1458929
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1396976
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-16-21372
Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4534; TRN: US1901526
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; DEC-2012/07/E/ST3/00584
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physica. C, Superconductivity
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 528; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0921-4534
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; superconductivity; Intermetallic compounds; Band structure calculations
Citation Formats
Strychalska, J., Roman, M., Sobczak, Z., Wiendlocha, B., Winiarski, M. J., Ronning, F., and Klimczuk, T. Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.physc.2016.07.017.
Strychalska, J., Roman, M., Sobczak, Z., Wiendlocha, B., Winiarski, M. J., Ronning, F., & Klimczuk, T. Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2016.07.017
Strychalska, J., Roman, M., Sobczak, Z., Wiendlocha, B., Winiarski, M. J., Ronning, F., and Klimczuk, T. 2016.
"Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2016.07.017. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1458929.
@article{osti_1458929,
title = {Physical properties and electronic structure of La3Co and La3Ni intermetallic superconductors},
author = {Strychalska, J. and Roman, M. and Sobczak, Z. and Wiendlocha, B. and Winiarski, M. J. and Ronning, F. and Klimczuk, T.},
abstractNote = {La3Co and La3Ni are reported superconductors with transition temperatures of 4.5 and 6 K, respectively. In this work, we reinvestigate the physical properties of these two intermetallic compounds with magnetic susceptibility χ, specific heat Cp and electrical resistivity ρ measurements down to 1.9 K. Although bulk superconductivity is confirmed in La3Co, as observed previously, only a trace of it is found in La3Ni, indicating that the superconductivity in La3Ni originates from an impurity phase. Superconducting state parameters for La3Co, including lower and upper critical fields and the superconducting gap, are estimated. Results of the theoretical calculations of the electronic structure for both materials are also presented, and comparison of the Fermi level location in La3Co versus La3Ni explains its larger superconducting Tc. A major discrepancy between band structure calculations and the experimentally measured Sommerfeld coefficient is found. The measured electronic density of states is about 2.5 times larger than the theoretical value for La3Co. This effect cannot be explained by the electron-phonon interaction alone. Renormalization of γ, as well as an ~T2 behavior of the resistivity, suggests the presence of spin fluctuations in both systems.},
doi = {10.1016/j.physc.2016.07.017},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1458929},
journal = {Physica. C, Superconductivity},
issn = {0921-4534},
number = C,
volume = 528,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Jul 26 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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