Abstract
Superconductivity was discovered in the narrow-gap semiconductor CsBi 4Te6. A superconducting transition around 4.4 K was observed for p-type samples in temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetic susceptibility data. Stoichiometric CsBi4Te6 is not a superconductor. A remarkably high critical field of ∼10 T was estimated from the field-dependent resistivity data. The strongly anisotropic CsBi 4Te6 system is monoclinic and the first member of a larger homologous series Cs4[Bi2n+4Te3n+6] that exhibits unconventional superconductivity, suggesting that proper doping of the homologous series may create a novel class of superconductors from semiconductors.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 14540-14543 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of the American Chemical Society |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue number | 39 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2 2013 |
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Superconductivity in the narrow-gap semiconductor CsBi4Te 6. / Malliakas, Christos D.; Chung, Duck Young; Claus, Helmut; Kanatzidis, Mercouri G.
In: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 135, No. 39, 02.10.2013, p. 14540-14543.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Superconductivity in the narrow-gap semiconductor CsBi4Te 6
AU - Malliakas, Christos D.
AU - Chung, Duck Young
AU - Claus, Helmut
AU - Kanatzidis, Mercouri G
PY - 2013/10/2
Y1 - 2013/10/2
N2 - Superconductivity was discovered in the narrow-gap semiconductor CsBi 4Te6. A superconducting transition around 4.4 K was observed for p-type samples in temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetic susceptibility data. Stoichiometric CsBi4Te6 is not a superconductor. A remarkably high critical field of ∼10 T was estimated from the field-dependent resistivity data. The strongly anisotropic CsBi 4Te6 system is monoclinic and the first member of a larger homologous series Cs4[Bi2n+4Te3n+6] that exhibits unconventional superconductivity, suggesting that proper doping of the homologous series may create a novel class of superconductors from semiconductors.
AB - Superconductivity was discovered in the narrow-gap semiconductor CsBi 4Te6. A superconducting transition around 4.4 K was observed for p-type samples in temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetic susceptibility data. Stoichiometric CsBi4Te6 is not a superconductor. A remarkably high critical field of ∼10 T was estimated from the field-dependent resistivity data. The strongly anisotropic CsBi 4Te6 system is monoclinic and the first member of a larger homologous series Cs4[Bi2n+4Te3n+6] that exhibits unconventional superconductivity, suggesting that proper doping of the homologous series may create a novel class of superconductors from semiconductors.
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DO - 10.1021/ja407530u
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VL - 135
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JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
SN - 0002-7863
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