Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2010-11-22
Supercond. Sci. Technol. 24 (2011) 105015
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
Modified version published in 'Superconductor Science and Technology'
Scientific paper
The presence of strongly correlated superconductivity in Rh17S15 has been recently established. In this work, we compare the normal and superconducting parameters of a single crystal of Rh17S15 with those of a polycrystalline sample of Pd17Se15 which is reported here for the first time to be a superconductor below 2.2 K. Pd17Se15, which is iso-structural to Rh17S15 (space group Pm3m), has very different properties and provides for an interesting study in contrast with Rh17S15. We see that large unit volume of Pd17Se15 and the large separation of Pd-Pd atoms in its structure as compared those in a pure Pd metal lead to the absence of strong correlations in this compound. Finally, we report band structure calculations on these two compounds and compare the density of states with estimates from heat capacity data. Upper critical field, Heat capacity (down to 500 mK), Hall effect and band structure studies suggest that Rh17S15 is a multiband superconductor.
Auluck Sushil
Naren H. R.
Prasad Rajendra
Ramakrishnan Srinivasan
Thamizhavel Arumugam
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