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New avenues to superconducting materials

2016/22/M/ST5/00435

Keywords:

superconductivity intermetallic compounds x-ray diffraction

Descriptors:

  • ST5_8: Metals, alloys
  • ST5_2: Solid-state materials

Panel:

ST5 - Materials: materials synthesis, structure-properties relations, advanced and functional materials with designed properties, (macro)molecular architecture, material engineering

Host institution :

Politechnika Gdańska, Wydział Fizyki Technicznej i Matematyki Stosowanej

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Tomasz Klimczuk 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: HARMONIA 8 - announced on 2016-06-15

Amount awarded: 385 450 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-04-11

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-02-10

Project duration:: 34 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (15)
  1. Superconductivity in the Nb-Ru-Ge σ phase
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Weiwei Xie, Zuzanna Sobczak, Tai Kong, Tomasz Klimczuk, and R. J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Physical Review M (rok: 2017, tom: 1, strony: 74802), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.074802 - link to the publication
  2. Superconductivity in the superhard boride WB4.2
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M Carnicom, Judyta Strychalska-Nowak, P Wiśniewski, D Kaczorowski, W Xie, T Klimczuk and R J Cava
    Academic press:
    Superconductor Science and Technology (rok: 2018, tom: 31, strony: 115005), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1361-6668/aade5a - link to the publication
  3. The σ-phase superconductors Nb20.4Rh5.7Ge3.9 and Nb20.4Rh5.7Si3.9
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Tai Kong, Tomasz Klimczuk, R.J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Solid State Communications (rok: 2018, tom: 284-286, strony: 96-101), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.ssc.2018.09.014 - link to the publication
  4. New σ-phases in the Nb–X–Ga and Nb–X–Al systems (X = Ru, Rh, Pd, Ir, Pt, and Au)
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Weiwei Xie, Tomasz Klimczuk and R. J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Dalton Transactions (rok: 2017, tom: 46, strony: 14158-14163), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/c7dt02955a - link to the publication
  5. TaRh2B2 and NbRh2B2: Superconductors with a chiral noncentrosymmetric crystal structure
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Weiwei Xie, Tomasz Klimczuk, Jingjing Lin, Karolina Górnicka, Zuzanna Sobczak, Nai Phuan Ong, Robert J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Science Advances (rok: 2018, tom: 4, strony: eaar7969), Wydawca: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/sciadv.aar7969 - link to the publication
  6. Crystal structure and physical properties of a novel ternary compound La15MoxGe9
    Authors:
    Joanna Blawat,Weiwei Xie, Robert J. Cava, Tomasz Klimczuk,
    Academic press:
    Chemical Physics Letters (rok: 2019, tom: 730, strony: 612-616), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.cplett.2019.06.065 - link to the publication
  7. Importance of Specific Heat Characterization when Reporting New Superconductors: An Example of Superconductivity in LiGa2Rh
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Weiwei Xie, Zoe Yang, Karolina Górnicka,Tai Kong,Tomasz Klimczuk, Robert J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Chemistry of Materials (rok: 2019, tom: 31, strony: 2164-2173), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b00258 - link to the publication
  8. RuAl6 – an endohedral aluminide superconductor
    Authors:
    Zuzanna Ryżyńska, Juan R. Chamorro, Tyrel M. McQueen, Piotr Wiśniewski, Dariusz Kaczorowski, Weiwei Xie, Robert J. Cava, Tomasz Klimczuk, and Michal J Winiarski
    Academic press:
    Chemistry of Materials (rok: 2020, tom: 32, strony: 3805-3812), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.9b05277 - link to the publication
  9. Superconducting SrSnP with Strong Sn−P Antibonding Interaction: Is the Sn Atom Single or Mixed Valent?
    Authors:
    Xin Gui, Zuzanna Sobczak, Tay-Rong Chang, Xitong Xu, Angus Huang, Shuang Jia, Horng-Tay Jeng, Tomasz Klimczuk, and Weiwei Xie
    Academic press:
    Chemistry of Materials (rok: 2018, tom: 30, strony: 6005-6013), Wydawca: American Chemical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02258 - link to the publication
  10. Superconductivity in a new intermetallic structure type based on endohedral Ta@Ir7Ge4 clusters
    Authors:
    Laura C. Srivichitranond, Elizabeth M. Seibel, Weiwei Xie, Zuzanna Sobczak, Tomasz Klimczuk, and R. J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2017, tom: 95, strony: 174521), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevB.95.174521 - link to the publication
  11. Superconductivity in the intermetallic compound Zr5Al4
    Authors:
    Z. Sobczak, M. J. Winiarski, W. Xie, R. J. Cava,T. Klimczuk
    Academic press:
    EPL-EUROPHYS LETT (rok: 2019, tom: 127, strony: 37005-), Wydawca: EDP Sciences, IOP Publishing, the Italian Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1209/0295-5075/127/37005 - link to the publication
  12. A tetragonal polymorph of SrMn2P2 made under high pressure – theory and experiment in harmony
    Authors:
    Weiwei Xie, Michał J. Winiarski, Tomasz Klimczuk and R. J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Dalton Transactions (rok: 2017, tom: 46, strony: 6835-6838), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/C7DT00781G - link to the publication
  13. Growth, Crystal Structure and Magnetic Characterization of Zn-Stabilized CePtIn4
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Tomasz Klimczuk, Fabian von Rohr, Michal J. Winiarski, Tai Kong, Karoline Stolze, Weiwei Xie, Satya K. Kushwaha, and Robert J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Journal of the Physical Society of Japan (rok: 2017, tom: 86, strony: 84710), Wydawca: Japan Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.7566/JPSJ.86.084710 - link to the publication
  14. La15NbxGe9: a superstructure of the Mn5Si3 structure type with interstitial Nb atoms
    Authors:
    J. Bławat, M. Roman, Weiwei Xie, R.J. Cava, T. Klimczuk
    Academic press:
    Journal of Solid State Chemistry (rok: 2018, tom: 265, strony: 50-54), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jssc.2018.05.007 - link to the publication
  15. The homometallic warwickite V2OBO3
    Authors:
    Elizabeth M. Carnicom, Karolina Górnicka, Tomasz Klimczuk, Robert J. Cava
    Academic press:
    Journal of Solid State Chemistry (rok: 2018, tom: 265, strony: 319-325), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jssc.2018.06.021 - link to the publication