Superconductivity in cubic La3Al with interstitial anionic electrons

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Autori principali: Tu, Zhijun, Sun, Peihan, Jia, Donghan, Gou, Huiyang, Liu, Kai, Lei, Hechang
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Tu, Zhijun
Sun, Peihan
Jia, Donghan
Gou, Huiyang
Liu, Kai
Lei, Hechang
author_facet Tu, Zhijun
Sun, Peihan
Jia, Donghan
Gou, Huiyang
Liu, Kai
Lei, Hechang
contents We report the observation of superconductivity in cubic La3Al single crystal. It shows a metallic behavior at a normal state without observable structural transition and enters the superconducting state below Tc ~ 6.32 K. Detailed characterizations and analysis indicate that cubic La3Al is a bulk type-II BCS superconductor. Moreover, theoretical calculations show that it can host interstitial anionic electrons, which are located at the body center of cubic unit cell, and confirm the electron-phonon coupling as the superconducting mechamism. Thus, cubic La3Al can be regarded as an novel electride superconductor.
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spellingShingle Superconductivity in cubic La3Al with interstitial anionic electrons
Tu, Zhijun
Sun, Peihan
Jia, Donghan
Gou, Huiyang
Liu, Kai
Lei, Hechang
Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We report the observation of superconductivity in cubic La3Al single crystal. It shows a metallic behavior at a normal state without observable structural transition and enters the superconducting state below Tc ~ 6.32 K. Detailed characterizations and analysis indicate that cubic La3Al is a bulk type-II BCS superconductor. Moreover, theoretical calculations show that it can host interstitial anionic electrons, which are located at the body center of cubic unit cell, and confirm the electron-phonon coupling as the superconducting mechamism. Thus, cubic La3Al can be regarded as an novel electride superconductor.
title Superconductivity in cubic La3Al with interstitial anionic electrons
topic Superconductivity
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.22559