1. Enhanced superconducting transition temperature in hyper-interlayer-expanded FeSe despite the suppressed electronic nematic order and spin fluctuations
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Hrovat, M. Majcen, Jeglic, P., Klanjsek, M., Hatakeda, T., Noji, T., Tanabe, Y., Urata, T., Huynh, K. K., Koike, Y., Tanigaki, K., and Arcon, D.
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Condensed Matter - Superconductivity - Abstract
The superconducting critical temperature, $T_{\rm c}$, of FeSe can be dramatically enhanced by intercalation of a molecular spacer layer. Here we report on a $^{77}$Se, $^7$Li and $^1$H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) study of the powdered hyper-interlayer-expanded Li$_{x}($C$_2$H$_8$N$_2$)$_y$Fe$_{2-z}$Se$_2$ with a nearly optimal $T_{\rm c}=45$~K. The absence of any shift in the $^7$Li and $^1$H NMR spectra indicates a complete decoupling of interlayer units from the conduction electrons in FeSe layers, whereas nearly temperature-independent $^7$Li and $^1$H spin-lattice relaxation rates are consistent with the non-negligible concentration of Fe impurities present in the insulating interlayer space. On the other hand, strong temperature dependence of $^{77}$Se NMR shift and spin-lattice relaxation rate, $1/^{77}T_1$, is attributed to the hole-like bands close to the Fermi energy. $1/^{77}T_1$ shows no additional anisotropy that would account for the onset of electronic nematic order down to $T_{\rm c}$. Similarly, no enhancement in $1/^{77}T_1$ due to the spin fluctuations could be found in the normal state. Yet, a characteristic power-law dependence $1/^{77}T_1\propto T^{4.5}$ still comply with the Cooper pairing mediated by spin fluctuations., Comment: 7 pages, 6 figures
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- 2015
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