Superconductivity in the antiperovskite Dirac-metal oxide Sr3−xSnO

Mohamed Oudah; Atsutoshi Ikeda; Jan Niklas Hausmann; Shingo Yonezawa; Toshiyuki Fukumoto; Shingo Kobayashi; Masatoshi Sato; Yoshiteru Maeno

doi:10.1038/ncomms13617

Nature Communications (Dec 2016)

Superconductivity in the antiperovskite Dirac-metal oxide Sr3−xSnO

Mohamed Oudah,
Atsutoshi Ikeda,
Jan Niklas Hausmann,
Shingo Yonezawa,
Toshiyuki Fukumoto,
Shingo Kobayashi,
Masatoshi Sato,
Yoshiteru Maeno

Affiliations

Mohamed Oudah: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Atsutoshi Ikeda: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Jan Niklas Hausmann: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Shingo Yonezawa: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Toshiyuki Fukumoto: Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Shingo Kobayashi: Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Masatoshi Sato: Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University
Yoshiteru Maeno: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13617
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Superconductivity has not been observed in any antiperovskite oxide up to now. Here Oudahet al. report superconducting transition around 5 K in antiperovskite oxide Sr3−xSnO, making it a new class of oxide superconductors.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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