YNi₂B₂C

borocarbide · tetragonal

ambient SCcompeting order

Tc max

15.8 K

Tc ambient

15.8 K

arXiv year

1995

Papers

Tc exp.

15.7 K

Tc theo.

15.5 K

Evidence

experimental

Tc max measured at single_crystal, specific_heat, arXiv:0809.4274, confirmed by 5 papers

Evidence (97 records from 95 papers)

the flat columns above are aggregates — each line here is one paper's claim

Tc (K)	P (GPa)	Sample	Method	Pairing	Year	Tier	Paper
15.9	ambient	single_crystal	resistivity, susceptibility, specific_heat	—	2006	T1	cond-mat/0606746
15.8	—	single_crystal	specific_heat	—	2008	T1	0809.4274
15.7	—	single_crystal	susceptibility, resistivity	—	1998	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.1730
15.7	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	1997	T1	cond-mat/9712174
15.7	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	1996	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.R8871
15.6	—	single_crystal	neutron	—	2012	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.057001
15.6	—	—	—	—	2009	T3	0904.0827
15.6	—	single_crystal	STM	—	2006	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.147001
15.6	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	1997	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.8506
15.6	—	polycrystal	neutron	—	1997	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.9058
15.6	—	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	1996	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.5640
15.6	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.52.R7022
15.6	—	polycrystal	specific_heat	—	2001	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.104508
15.5	—	polycrystal	specific_heat	—	2000	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.11695
15.5	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2011	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.104519
15.5	—	—	specific_heat	—	2011	—	1105.5524
15.5	ambient	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2010	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.174513
15.5	—	single_crystal	STM	s-wave	2003	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.014526
15.5	—	single_crystal	—	unknown	2002	T2	cond-mat/0205178
15.5	—	single_crystal	resistivity, susceptibility	—	2001	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.180506
15.5	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2000	T1	cond-mat/0007033
15.5	ambient	polycrystal	resistivity	—	2000	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.R6487
15.5	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	1999	T1	cond-mat/9912435
15.5	—	polycrystal	resistivity	—	1999	T2	cond-mat/9902299
15.5	—	single_crystal	specific_heat	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.489
15.5	ambient	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.674
15.5	—	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.3985
15.4	—	—	—	s-wave	2001	T2	cond-mat/0101419
15.4	—	polycrystal	resistivity, specific_heat	—	1999	T2	cond-mat/9911305
15.4	—	single_crystal	susceptibility, ARPES	unknown	2010	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.180509
15.4	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	s-wave	2008	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.017003
15.4	—	single_crystal	resistivity	s-wave	2006	T1	cond-mat/0611441
15.4	—	single_crystal	—	s-wave	2006	—	cond-mat/0609769
15.4	—	single_crystal	resistivity	s-wave	2002	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.184511
15.4	—	single_crystal	resistivity	s-wave	2002	T1	cond-mat/0207454
15.4	—	single_crystal	photoemission	s-wave	2000	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.4952
15.4	ambient	single_crystal	specific_heat	s-wave	1999	T2	cond-mat/9902264
15.3	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2017	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.014523
15.3	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2017	T1	1702.02811
15.3	—	single_crystal	resistivity	—	2000	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.1291
15.3	—	single_crystal	—	s-wave	1999	T1	cond-mat/9910087
15.2	ambient	single_crystal	neutron	—	2012	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.224525
15.2	ambient	single_crystal	neutron	—	2012	T1	1206.5695
15.2	—	single_crystal	neutron	unknown	2008	T1	0810.5093
15.2	—	single_crystal	neutron	s-wave	2008	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.237002
15.2	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2007	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.094520
15.2	—	single_crystal	susceptibility, resistivity	—	2007	T1	cond-mat/0702509
15.2	—	thin_film	resistivity	s-wave	2005	T2	cond-mat/0502608
15.2	—	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	2000	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.3274
15.1	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2008	T1	0811.2604
15.1	ambient	single_crystal	resistivity, susceptibility, specific_heat	—	2006	T1	cond-mat/0606746
15.1	—	single_crystal	susceptibility, resistivity	s-wave	2004	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.147002
15.1	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2003	T1	cond-mat/0310188
15.1	—	thin_film	resistivity	s-wave	1997	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.934
15.0	—	polycrystal	resistivity	—	1996	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.53.3482
15.0	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.12852
15.0	—	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.51.8395
15.0	—	polycrystal	susceptibility	—	1995	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.52.6734
14.9	—	single_crystal	specific_heat	—	1997	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.5120
14.6	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	s-wave	2004	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.156802
14.6	—	single_crystal	—	unknown	2004	T1	cond-mat/0404322
14.5	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2001	T1	cond-mat/0102431
14.5	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	1999	T1	cond-mat/9908483
13.4	—	single_crystal	specific_heat, resistivity	—	2001	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1327
13.4	—	single_crystal	specific_heat, resistivity	s-wave	2000	T1	cond-mat/0012152
12.7	—	—	—	—	2015	T3	1512.08702
12.1	—	—	—	—	2015	T3	1512.08702
—	—	single_crystal	—	—	2026	T2	2601.01700
—	—	—	—	—	2024	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.L180505
—	—	—	—	—	2023	T1	2310.03723
—	—	—	—	unknown	2017	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.054506
—	—	polycrystal	resistivity	—	2013	T3	1303.0929
—	—	single_crystal	muSR, susceptibility	—	2011	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.104505
—	—	single_crystal	—	s-wave	2010	T1	1004.3846
—	—	—	STM, specific_heat	—	2009	T1	0901.2758
—	—	—	ARPES	—	2008	T1	0812.0406
—	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2008	T1	0812.4936
—	—	—	STM	—	2006	T2	cond-mat/0607042
—	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2006	T1	DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.134521
—	—	—	—	singlet	2006	T2	cond-mat/0605441
—	—	—	susceptibility	—	2006	T2	cond-mat/0606562
—	—	single_crystal	—	—	2006	T2	cond-mat/0601116
—	ambient	—	specific_heat	unknown	2005	T1	cond-mat/0512291
—	—	single_crystal	specific_heat	unknown	2004	T2	cond-mat/0411001
—	—	—	—	unknown	2004	T1	cond-mat/0412486
—	2.3	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2004	T2	cond-mat/0412042
—	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2002	T2	cond-mat/0207502
—	—	single_crystal	STM	s-wave	2002	T2	cond-mat/0209469
—	ambient	single_crystal	specific_heat	unknown	2002	T1	cond-mat/0210145
—	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	2002	T3	cond-mat/0202134
—	—	polycrystal	specific_heat	s-wave	2001	T2	cond-mat/0104521
—	—	single_crystal	resistivity, susceptibility	—	2001	T2	cond-mat/0106577
—	—	—	resistivity	—	2000	T2	cond-mat/0008030
—	—	—	susceptibility	—	2000	T2	cond-mat/0006077
—	—	—	susceptibility	—	1996	T1	supr-con/9602003
—	—	single_crystal	susceptibility	—	1996	T2	supr-con/9607004
—	—	single_crystal	resistivity	s-wave	1995	T2	supr-con/9504001

Structure

Crystal structure: tetragonal
Space group: I4/mmm
Lattice a (Å): 3.526
Lattice c (Å): 10.534

Superconducting parameters

Pairing symmetry: s-wave
Hc2: 8.8 T (2.2 K)
λ_eph (e–ph coupling): 1.20
ω_log: 299 K

Competing orders

T_AFM: 5.7 K

Samples & pressure

Sample form: single_crystal
Substrate: MgO
Pressure type: none
Doping type: none
Doping level: 0.000