A review of two-band superconductivity: materials and effects on the thermodynamic and reversible mixed-state properties

M Zehetmayer - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Two-band superconductivity has become an important topic over the past ten years.
Extensive experimental and theoretical studies started with MgB 2 and are now focused on …

Progress in functional studies of transition metal borides

T Ma, P Zhu, X Yu - Chinese Physics B, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, transition metal borides (TMBs) have attracted much attention because they
are considered as potential superhard materials and have more abundant crystal structures …

Thermodynamic Evidence for the Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov State in the Superconductor

C Cho, JH Yang, NFQ Yuan, J Shen, T Wolf, R Lortz - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We investigate the magnetic phase diagram near the upper critical field of KFe 2 As 2 by
magnetic torque and specific heat experiments using a high-resolution piezorotary …

Superconductivity mediated by a soft phonon mode: Specific heat, resistivity, thermal expansion, and magnetization of

R Lortz, Y Wang, U Tutsch, S Abe, C Meingast… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
The superconductor YB 6 has the second highest critical temperature T c among the boride
family MB n. We report measurements of the specific heat, resistivity, magnetic susceptibility …

Type-I superconductivity in the Dirac semimetal probed by

H Leng, JC Orain, A Amato, YK Huang, A De Visser - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
The Dirac semimetal PdTe 2 was recently reported to be a type-I superconductor with T c=
1.64 K and a critical field μ 0 H c= 13.6 mT. Since type-I superconductivity is unexpected for …

Low temperature singularities of electron density in a two-gap superconductor ZrB12

NB Bolotina, ON Khrykina, AN Azarevich… - Solid State …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fine details of crystal structure of ZrB 12 two-gap superconductor are studied at low
temperatures by precise x-ray diffraction technique. Small static Jahn-Teller distortions of a …

Higher borides

T Mori - Handbook on the physics and chemistry of rare earths, 2008 - books.google.com
Boron is inclined to form strong covalent bonds, but since it has only three valence electrons,
it is electron deficient to form a three dimensional network with conventional electron pair …

Pressure-induced boron clathrates with ambient-pressure superconductivity

Y Liang, M Xu, S Lin, X Yuan, Z Qu, J Hao… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Element B in binary metal borides forms various polymetric configurations due to its electron-
deficient nature. Here we predict a new pressure-stabilized boron clathrate structure, LaB8 …

High-throughput screening for boride superconductors

S Chen, Z Wu, Z Zhang, S Wu, KM Ho… - Inorganic …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A high-throughput screening using density functional calculations is performed to search for
stable boride superconductors from the existing materials database. The workflow employs …

Advanced first-principles theory of superconductivity including both lattice vibrations and spin fluctuations: The case of

J Bekaert, A Aperis, B Partoens, PM Oppeneer… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We present an advanced method to study spin fluctuations in superconductors quantitatively
and entirely from first principles. This method can be generally applied to materials where …