Upper critical field reaches 90 tesla near the Mott transition in fulleride superconductors

Y. Kasahara; Y. Takeuchi; R. H. Zadik; Y. Takabayashi; R. H. Colman; R. D. McDonald; M. J. Rosseinsky; K. Prassides; Y. Iwasa

doi:10.1038/ncomms14467

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Upper critical field reaches 90 tesla near the Mott transition in fulleride superconductors

Y. Kasahara,
Y. Takeuchi,
R. H. Zadik,
Y. Takabayashi,
R. H. Colman,
R. D. McDonald,
M. J. Rosseinsky,
K. Prassides,
Y. Iwasa

Affiliations

Y. Kasahara: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
Y. Takeuchi: Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo
R. H. Zadik: Department of Chemistry, Durham University
Y. Takabayashi: WPI—Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
R. H. Colman: Department of Chemistry, Durham University
R. D. McDonald: NHMFL, Los Alamos National Laboratory
M. J. Rosseinsky: Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool
K. Prassides: WPI—Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University
Y. Iwasa: Quantum-Phase Electronics Center (QPEC) and Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14467
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Alkali-doped fullerides are superconductors but the impact of dimensionality and electron correlation remains unclear. Here, Kasaharaet al. report an upper critical field about 90 T, suggesting cooperative interplay between molecular electronic structure and strong electron correlations.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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