Pressure Induced 18 K Superconductivity and Two Superconducting Phases in CuIr2S4

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Autores principales: Chen, Bijuan, Gu, Yuhao, Wang, Dong, Shao, Dexi, Deng, Wen, Han, Xin, Jin, Meiling, Song, Jing, Zeng, Yu, Ishii, Hirofumi, Liao, Yen-Fa, Zhang, Dongzhou, Zhang, Jianbo, Long, Youwen, Zhu, Jinlong, Yang, Liuxiang, Xiao, Hong, Nei, Jia-cai, Shi, Youguo, Jin, Changqing, Hu, Jiangping, Mao, Ho-kwang, Ding, Yang
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author Chen, Bijuan
Gu, Yuhao
Wang, Dong
Shao, Dexi
Deng, Wen
Han, Xin
Jin, Meiling
Song, Jing
Zeng, Yu
Ishii, Hirofumi
Liao, Yen-Fa
Zhang, Dongzhou
Zhang, Jianbo
Long, Youwen
Zhu, Jinlong
Yang, Liuxiang
Xiao, Hong
Nei, Jia-cai
Shi, Youguo
Jin, Changqing
Hu, Jiangping
Mao, Ho-kwang
Ding, Yang
author_facet Chen, Bijuan
Gu, Yuhao
Wang, Dong
Shao, Dexi
Deng, Wen
Han, Xin
Jin, Meiling
Song, Jing
Zeng, Yu
Ishii, Hirofumi
Liao, Yen-Fa
Zhang, Dongzhou
Zhang, Jianbo
Long, Youwen
Zhu, Jinlong
Yang, Liuxiang
Xiao, Hong
Nei, Jia-cai
Shi, Youguo
Jin, Changqing
Hu, Jiangping
Mao, Ho-kwang
Ding, Yang
contents We report pressure-induced superconductivity in the spinel CuIr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ with a transition temperature ($T_{\text{c}}$) reaching \textbf{18.2 K}, establishing a new record for this class of materials and surpassing the decades-old limit of 13.7 K. Our electrical transport and synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies up to 224 GPa reveal the emergence of \textbf{two distinct superconducting phases} from a charge-ordered insulating state. The first phase (SC-I) appears around 18 GPa, and forms a dome-shaped superconducting region in which the resistivity exhibits a pronounced, field- and current-sensitive drop without reaching strict zero above our base temperature. Above 111.8 GPa, a second, lower-$T_{\text{c}}$ phase (SC-II) emerges and coexists with SC-I over a broad pressure range, and SC-II ultimately develops a true zero-resistance state above 122.2 GPa. These superconducting phases are intimately linked to a cascade of structural transitions that systematically distort the frustrated pyrochlore lattice of Ir atoms. Our results expand the potential for superconductivity in spinels and demonstrate a pathway to high-$T_{\text{c}}$ pairing directly from a correlated insulating state driven by lattice tuning.
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spellingShingle Pressure Induced 18 K Superconductivity and Two Superconducting Phases in CuIr2S4
Chen, Bijuan
Gu, Yuhao
Wang, Dong
Shao, Dexi
Deng, Wen
Han, Xin
Jin, Meiling
Song, Jing
Zeng, Yu
Ishii, Hirofumi
Liao, Yen-Fa
Zhang, Dongzhou
Zhang, Jianbo
Long, Youwen
Zhu, Jinlong
Yang, Liuxiang
Xiao, Hong
Nei, Jia-cai
Shi, Youguo
Jin, Changqing
Hu, Jiangping
Mao, Ho-kwang
Ding, Yang
Superconductivity
We report pressure-induced superconductivity in the spinel CuIr$_{2}$S$_{4}$ with a transition temperature ($T_{\text{c}}$) reaching \textbf{18.2 K}, establishing a new record for this class of materials and surpassing the decades-old limit of 13.7 K. Our electrical transport and synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies up to 224 GPa reveal the emergence of \textbf{two distinct superconducting phases} from a charge-ordered insulating state. The first phase (SC-I) appears around 18 GPa, and forms a dome-shaped superconducting region in which the resistivity exhibits a pronounced, field- and current-sensitive drop without reaching strict zero above our base temperature. Above 111.8 GPa, a second, lower-$T_{\text{c}}$ phase (SC-II) emerges and coexists with SC-I over a broad pressure range, and SC-II ultimately develops a true zero-resistance state above 122.2 GPa. These superconducting phases are intimately linked to a cascade of structural transitions that systematically distort the frustrated pyrochlore lattice of Ir atoms. Our results expand the potential for superconductivity in spinels and demonstrate a pathway to high-$T_{\text{c}}$ pairing directly from a correlated insulating state driven by lattice tuning.
title Pressure Induced 18 K Superconductivity and Two Superconducting Phases in CuIr2S4
topic Superconductivity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04407