Chemical Facets of Superconductivity in UTe₂.

ABSTRACT: Understanding superconductivity requires a deep comprehension of the chemical structure. The discovery of a new unconventional superconductor UTe₂ a few years ago prompted many detailed investigations of its physical properties. Despite its unconventional ground state being rather well-studied, a strong sample-to-sample variation of superconducting behavior as a result of different preparation conditions has remained largely unexplained until now. In this work, an in-depth analysis of the UTe₂ crystal structure and resultant physical properties by implementing several types of synthetic routes was carried out. The difference between superconducting and non-superconducting UTe₂ lies in the presence of uranium vacancies, on the order of 4%. As a result, the <

SUBMITTER: Svanidze E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12498385 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature