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Missing valence states, diamagnetic insulators, and superconductors

C. M. Varma

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevLett.61.2713 · Physical Review Letters

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Abstract

About fifteen elements in the periodic table skip certain valences in all the compounds they form. This is understood to arise from a negative effective intra-atomic interaction. A model with such interactions as well as interatomic repulsions gives insulating behavior near half-filling and superconductivity farther from it, in agreement with the properties of BaPbxBi1−xO3 and BaxK1−xBiO3.

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FormulaReported Tc (K)Pressure (GPa)Type
BaPbxBi1-xO3

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12Pressure not reportedunknown
BaxK1-xBiO3

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30Pressure not reportedunknown

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