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Structural Phase Transition and Superconductivity in 2H-BaGaGe with Buckled Honeycomb Layers
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- We report on the structural and superconducting properties of the intermetallic compound BaGaGe. We find that this material undergoes a structural second-order phase transition from the distorted AlB$_2$-type structure (1H, $a$ = 4.3254(2) \r{A}, $c$ = 5.1078(3) \r{A}, P6/mmm) into the CaIn$_2$-type structure (2H, $a$ = 4.3087(3) \r{A}, $c$ = 10.2117(6) \r{A}, P6$_3$/mmc) at a transition temperature of $T_{\rm S}$ = 253 K. We find that the structural phase-transition corresponds to a coherent buckling of the honeycomb layers, which we can interpret as a disorder-to-order transition of the atoms located within this layer. We show that the 2H-BaGaGe phase becomes superconducting at a critical temperature of $T_{\rm c}$ = 2.1 K. The bulk nature of the superconductivity in 2H-BaGaGe is confirmed by means of specific heat measurements, where we determine a value of $\Delta C$/$\gamma T_{\rm c}$ = 1.59, which is close to the expected BCS value in the weak coupling limit.
- Subjects :
- Condensed Matter - Superconductivity
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2305.13017
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.7.074805