Low temperature heat capacity of layered superconductors SrNi 2Ge2 and SrPd2Ge2

T. L. Hung; I. A. Chen; C. H. Huang; C. Y. Lin; C. W. Chen; Y. B. You; S. T. Jian; M. C. Yang; Y. Y. Hsu; J. C. Ho; Y. Y. Chen; H. C. Ku

doi:10.1007/s10909-012-0832-z

Low temperature heat capacity of layered superconductors SrNi ₂Ge₂ and SrPd₂Ge₂

T. L. Hung, I. A. Chen, C. H. Huang, C. Y. Lin, C. W. Chen, Y. B. You, S. T. Jian, M. C. Yang, Y. Y. Hsu, J. C. Ho, Y. Y. Chen, H. C. Ku^*

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Abstract

Low-temperature heat capacity C(T) of the weakly electron-correlated SrNi₂Ge₂ 122-layer compound undergoes a superconducting transition with onset at 1.4 K and a bulk T _c =0.75 K, where heat-capacity jump ratio ΔC(T _c )/γT _c =0.88-1.05. A small average superconducting energy gap E _g (ave)=2.21 kT _c =0.14 meV is derived for this multi-gap superconductor. Similar results for isostructural SrPd₂Ge₂ include T _c (onset)=3.5 K, bulk T _c of 2.92 K, ΔC(T _c )/γT _c =0.70 and E _g (ave)=2.54 kT _c =0.64 meV. The higher T _c onset could be associated with stoichiometric 1:2:2 grains in the polycrystalline samples. In addition, deviations of E _g /kT _c from the BCS ratio of 3.5 suggest that, just like their iron-based counterpart, these 122-layer germanides may also exhibit an unconventional, fully-opened multi-gap s-wave superconductivity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	148-155
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Volume	171
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-012-0832-z
Publication status	Published - 2013 Apr

Keywords

122-layer germanide
Heat capacity
Superconducting materials

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Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics

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