Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

High-temperature superconductivity on the verge of a structural instability in lanthanum superhydride

  • Dan Sun,
  • Vasily S. Minkov,
  • Shirin Mozaffari,
  • Ying Sun,
  • Yanming Ma,
  • Stella Chariton,
  • Vitali B. Prakapenka,
  • Mikhail I. Eremets,
  • Luis Balicas,
  • Fedor F. Balakirev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26706-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The experimental studies to understand the superconductivity of superhydrides remain scarce. Here, the authors report pressure and magnetic field dependence of superconductivity in LaH10, and indicate lattice vibrations strongly affect superconducting coupling.