Unusual Metallic State in Superconducting A15-type LaH

Overview

Journal Natl Sci Rev

Date 2024 Nov 18

PMID 39554234

Authors

Jianning Guo

Dmitrii Semenok

Grigoriy Shutov

Di Zhou

Su Chen

Yulong Wang

Kexin Zhang

Xinyue Wu

Sven Luther

Toni Helm

Xiaoli Huang

Tian Cui

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Abstract

Hydride superconductors continue to fascinate the communities of condensed matter physics and material scientists because they host the promising near room-temperature superconductivity. Current research has concentrated on the new hydride superconductors with the enhancement of the superconducting transition temperature ( ). The multiple extreme conditions (high pressure/temperature and magnetic field) will introduce new insights into hydride superconductors. The study of transport properties under very high magnetic fields facilitates the understanding of superconductivity in conventional hydride superconductors. In the present work, we report experimental evidence of an unusual metal state in a newly synthesized cubic A15-type LaH that exhibits superconductivity with a reaching 105 K at 118 GPa. A large negative magnetoresistance is observed in strong pulsed magnetic fields in the non-superconducting state of this compound below 40 K. Moreover, we construct the full magnetic phase diagram of LaH up to 68 T at high pressure. The present work reveals anomalous electronic structural properties of A15-LaH under high magnetic fields, and therefore has great importance with regard to advancing the understanding of quantum transport behaviors in hydride superconductors.

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