[HTML][HTML] Review of transition-metal diboride thin films

M Magnuson, L Hultman, H Högberg - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
We review the thin film growth, chemistry, and physical properties of Group 4–6 transition-
metal diboride (TMB 2) thin films with AlB 2-type crystal structure (Strukturbericht designation …

Progress in functional studies of transition metal borides

T Ma, P Zhu, X Yu - Chinese Physics B, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In recent years, transition metal borides (TMBs) have attracted much attention because they
are considered as potential superhard materials and have more abundant crystal structures …

Unraveling the evolution of multigap superconductivity in layered Na–B–C films: An additional energy gap induced by the internal B–C layer

X Meng, Y Shen, L Lv, M Zhou, X Yang, Y Zhang… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Multigap superconductors provide a platform to confirm rich new physics such as time-
reversal symmetry breaking, giant paramagnetic response, and hidden criticality. However …

Ab initio modeling of superconducting alloys

PN Ferreira, R Lucrezi, I Guilhon, M Marques… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Designing new, technologically relevant superconductors has long been at the forefront of
solid-state physics and chemistry research. However, developing efficient approaches for …

Niobium substitution suppresses the superconducting critical temperature of pressurized

J Lim, S Sinha, AC Hire, JS Kim, PM Dee, RS Kumar… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
A recent study has demonstrated that MoB 2, transforming to the same structure as MgB 2 (P
6/mmm), superconducts at temperatures above 30 K near 100 GPa [C. Pei et al., Natl. Sci …

Evidence for topological behavior in superconducting

AJS Machado, NP Baptista, BS De Lima, N Chaia… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We present structural, magnetic, electrical, thermal transport, Hall coefficient, and pressure-
dependent resistivity measurements on C ux ZrT e 2− y compounds with x= 0.05, 0.1, 0.15 …

Enhancement of superconducting properties and flux pinning mechanism on Cr0.0005NbSe2 single crystal under Hydrostatic pressure

S Arumugam, M Krishnan, K Ishigaki, J Gouchi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Superconducting properties of Cr0. 0005NbSe2 (T c~ 6.64 K) single crystals have
been investigated through the temperature dependent resistivity (~ 8 GPa) and DC …

Unveiling defect-related Raman modes of topological phononic single crystal via angle-resolved polarized Raman spectra

M Cheng, R Lv, X Luo, Z Jiang, W Wang, T Wang… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
As a rare topological phonon material, β-MoB 2 exhibits superconductivity (SC) and
undergoes structural transitions when subjected to pressure or doping. This unique property …

First-principles study on the superconductivity of doped zirconium diborides

S Nayak, CK Singh, M Dahlqvist, J Rosen, P Eklund… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Recent experiments [Barbero et al. Phys. Rev. B 95, 094505 (2017) 10.1103/PhysRevB.
95.094505] have established that bulk superconductivity (T c∼ 8.3–8.7 K) can be induced in …

Doping-induced superconductivity of and

N Barbero, T Shiroka, B Delley, T Grant, AJS Machado… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
Unlike the widely studied s-type two-gap superconductor MgB 2, the chemically similar
compounds ZrB 2 and HfB 2 do not superconduct above 1 K. Yet it has been shown that …