Session A35: Focus Session: Iron Pnictides and Other Novel Superconductors I: Synthesis and New Materials
8:00 AM–11:00 AM, Monday, March 16, 2009
Room: 405
Sponsoring Unit:
DMP
Chair: David Larbelestier, Florida State University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.A35.1
Abstract: A35.00001 : Superconductivity in layered pnictides BaIr$_{2}$P$_{2}$ and BaRh$_{2}$P$_{2}$
8:00 AM–8:12 AM
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Authors:
Daigorou Hirai
(Dept. of Advanced Materials, Univ. of Tokyo)
Tomohiro Takayama
(Dept. of Advanced Materials, Univ. of Tokyo)
Ryuji Higashinaka
(Riken)
Hiroko Aruga-Katori
(Riken)
Hidenori Takagi
(Dept. of Advanced Materials, Univ. of Tokyo)
The exploration of new superconductors, triggered by the discovery of LaFeAs(O,F), has concentrated mostly on Fe-based pnictides. A variety of non-Fe pnictides, isostructural to Fe pnictide superconductors, have been known for a long time but not yet fully explored in terms of possible superconductivity. Further exploration of non-Fe pnitide superconductors is important for understanding the key factors in realizing the high $T_{c}$ in the Fe pnictides. We report new Ir and Rh pnictide superconductors, isostructural to BaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$, BaRh$_{2}$P$_{2}$ and BaIr$_{2}$P$_{2}$, with $T_{c}$ = 1.0 and 2.1 K respectively. This discovery demonstrates the presence of superconductivity over a surprisingly broad range of transition metal compounds with ThCr$_{2}$Si$_{2}$-type structure from Fe to Ir.
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