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Title: Superconductivity with high upper critical field in an equiatomic high entropy alloy Sc-V-Ti-Hf-Nb

Abstract: High-entropy alloy (HEA) superconductors have attracted significant attention due to their exceptional low-temperature mechanical and superconducting properties. We report the synthesis and thorough characterization of an equiatomic HEA superconductor with the composition Sc$_{0.20}$V$_{0.20}$Ti$_{0.20}$Hf$_{0.20}$Nb$_{0.20}$, crystallizing in a body-centered cubic crystal structure (Im3$\bar{m}$). Our investigation, using magnetization, transport, and heat capacity measurements, reveals the presence of weakly coupled, fully gapped superconductivity with a transition temperature of 4.17(3) K and the upper critical field exceeding the Pauli paramagnetic limit. The metallic nature, combined with a high upper critical field, positions it as a promising candidate for applications in superconducting devices.
Comments: 7 pages, 5 figures
Subjects: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
Cite as: arXiv:2404.17363 [cond-mat.supr-con]
  (or arXiv:2404.17363v1 [cond-mat.supr-con] for this version)

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From: Ravi Prakash Singh [view email]
[v1] Fri, 26 Apr 2024 12:26:47 GMT (3071kb,D)

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