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Are AuPdTM (T = Sc, Y and M = Al, Ga, In), Heusler Compounds Superconductors without Inversion Symmetry?


ABSTRACT: Heusler compounds with 2:1:1 stoichiometry either have a centrosymmetric Cu 2 MnAl structure or an Li 2 AgSb structure without a centre of inversion. The centrosymmetry is always lost in quaternary Heusler compounds with 1:1:1:1 stoichiometry and LiMgPdSn structure. This presents the possibility of realizing non-centrosymmetric superconductors in the family of Heusler compounds. The objective of this study is to search for and investigate such quaternary derivatives of Heusler compounds, particularly with respect to superconductivity. Several compounds were identified by carrying out calculations from first principles and superconductivity was observed in experiments conducted on AuPdScAl and AuPtScIn at the critical temperatures of 3.0 and 0.96 K, respectively. All investigated compounds had a valence electron count of 27, which is also the case in centrosymmetric Heusler superconductors.

SUBMITTER: Kautzsch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719038 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Are AuPd<i>TM</i> (<i>T</i> = Sc, Y and <i>M</i> = Al, Ga, In), Heusler Compounds Superconductors without Inversion Symmetry?

Kautzsch Linus L   Mende Felix F   Fecher Gerhard H GH   Winterlik Jürgen J   Felser Claudia C  

Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20190813 16


Heusler compounds with 2:1:1 stoichiometry either have a centrosymmetric Cu 2 MnAl structure or an Li 2 AgSb structure without a centre of inversion. The centrosymmetry is always lost in quaternary Heusler compounds with 1:1:1:1 stoichiometry and LiMgPdSn structure. This presents the possibility of realizing non-centrosymmetric superconductors in the family of Heusler compounds. The objective of this study is to search for and investigate such quaternary derivatives of Heusler compounds, particu  ...[more]

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