Synthesis and superconducting properties of a Rb3C60 single crystal
Shaoyan Chu, Michael E. McHenry
DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.11722 · Physical Review B
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Abstract
A pristine Rb3C60 single crystal with larger than millimeter dimensions was prepared by reaction of rubidium vapor with a seed-grown C60 single crystal (which exhibited remarkably sharp x-ray-diffraction peaks). A narrow superconducting transition width ΔTc (5–85% diamagnetic shielding) of the Rb3C60 single crystal is less than 1 K. The onset of the transition was at a temperature, Tc=30.0tK. Measurements of temperature dependence of the zero-field-cooled and field-cooled dc magnetization (using ten applied magnetic fields up to 5.0 T) are reported here. These and magnetization vs field data at different temperatures (ranging from 2 to 29 K) have been used to determine thermodynamic superconducting parameters, including the lower [Hc1(T)] and upper [Hc2(T)] critical fields, the Ginsburg-Landau coherence length ξ, and the London or Ginzburg-Landau penetration depth, λ. These are significantly different from those extracted from similar data in the literature for powder specimens. Hysteresis and magnetic relaxation measurements have been used to determine the nominal critical current density Jc(H,T) and the effective-pinning potential Ueff(J,H), respectively.
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| Formula | Reported Tc (K) | Pressure (GPa) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rb3C60 Archive — visibility unverified Source-occurrence policy only; no material identity or catalogue acceptance is inferred from the formula. | 30 | Pressure not reported | onset |
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