Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1817558 | Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications | 2015 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Although the family of plutonium-based superconductors is relatively small, consisting of four compounds all of which crystallize in the tetragonal HoCoGa5 structure, these materials serve as an important bridge between the known Ce- and U-based heavy fermion superconductors and the high-temperature cuprate superconductors. Further, the partial localization of 5f electrons that characterizes the novel electronic properties of elemental plutonium appears to be central to the relatively high superconducting transition temperatures that are observed in PuCoGa5, PuRhGa5, PuCoIn5, and PuRhIn5.
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Authors
J.L. Sarrao, E.D. Bauer, J.N. Mitchell, P.H. Tobash, J.D. Thompson,