The puzzle of high temperature superconductivity in layered iron pnictides and chalcogenides

DC Johnston - Advances in Physics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The response of the worldwide scientific community to the discovery in 2008 of
superconductivity at T c= 26 K in the Fe-based compound LaFeAsO1− x F x has been very …

FeAs-Based Superconductivity: A Case Study of the Effects of Transition Metal Doping on BaFe2As2

PC Canfield, SL Bud'Ko - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys., 2010 - annualreviews.org
The recently discovered FeAs-based superconductors are a new, promising set of materials
for technological and basic research. They offer transition temperatures as high as 55 K as …

Effects of Co substitution on thermodynamic and transport properties and anisotropic in single crystals

N Ni, ME Tillman, JQ Yan, A Kracher, ST Hannahs… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
Single crystalline samples of Ba (Fe 1− x Co x) 2 As 2 with x< 0.12 have been grown and
characterized via microscopic, thermodynamic, and transport measurements. With …

Superconductivity up to 29 K in SrFe2As2 and BaFe2As2 at high pressures

PL Alireza, YTC Ko, J Gillett, CM Petrone… - Journal of Physics …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We report the discovery of superconductivity at high pressure in SrFe 2 As 2 and BaFe 2 As
2. The superconducting transition temperatures are up to 27 K in SrFe 2 As 2 and 29 K in …

Fe-based superconductivity with Tc= 31 K bordering an antiferromagnetic insulator in (Tl, K) FexSe2

MH Fang, HD Wang, CH Dong, ZJ Li… - Europhysics …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract (Tl, K) Fe x Se 2 single crystals were first successfully synthesized with the
Bridgeman method. The physical properties are characterized by electrical resistivity …

First-order structural phase transition in

N Ni, S Nandi, A Kreyssig, AI Goldman, ED Mun… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
CaFe 2 As 2 has been synthesized and found to form in the tetragonal ThCr 2 Si 2 structure
with lattice parameters a= 3.912 (68) Å and c= 11.667 (45) Å. Upon cooling through 170 K …

Magnetism in Fe-based superconductors

MD Lumsden, AD Christianson - Journal of Physics: Condensed …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
In this review, we present a summary of experimental studies of magnetism in Fe-based
superconductors. The doping dependent phase diagram shows strong similarities to the …

Functional Renormalization-Group Study of the Pairing Symmetry and Pairing Mechanism<? format?> of the FeAs-Based High-Temperature Superconductor

F Wang, H Zhai, Y Ran, A Vishwanath, DH Lee - Physical Review Letters, 2009 - APS
We apply the fermion functional renormalization-group method to determine the pairing
symmetry and pairing mechanism of the FeAs-Based materials. Within a five band model …

In-plane electronic anisotropy of underdoped '122'Fe-arsenide superconductors revealed by measurements of detwinned single crystals

IR Fisher, L Degiorgi, ZX Shen - Reports on progress in Physics, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The parent phases of the Fe-arsenide superconductors harbor an antiferromagnetic ground
state. Significantly, the Néel transition is either preceded or accompanied by a structural …

Lattice and magnetic instabilities in : A single-crystal neutron diffraction study

AI Goldman, DN Argyriou, B Ouladdiaf, T Chatterji… - Physical Review B …, 2008 - APS
Neutron diffraction measurements of a high-quality single crystal of CaFe 2 As 2 are
reported. A sharp transition was observed between the high-temperature tetragonal and low …