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Vacancies, disorder-induced smearing of the electronic structure, and its implications for the superconductivity of anti-perovskite MgC0.93Ni2.85

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Ernsting, David, Billington, David, Millichamp, Thomas E., Edwards, Rebecca A., Sparkes, Hazel A., Zhigadlo, Nikolai D., Giblin, Sean R., Taylor, Jonathan W., Duffy, J. A. and Dugdale, Stephen B. (2017) Vacancies, disorder-induced smearing of the electronic structure, and its implications for the superconductivity of anti-perovskite MgC0.93Ni2.85. Scientific Reports, 7 . 10148 . doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09997-2

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Abstract

The anti-perovskite superconductor MgC0.93Ni2.85 was studied using high-resolution x-ray Compton scattering combined with electronic structure calculations. Compton scattering measurements were used to determine experimentally a Fermi surface that showed good agreement with that of our supercell calculations, establishing the presence of the predicted hole and electron Fermi surface sheets. Our calculations indicate that the Fermi surface is smeared by the disorder due to the presence of vacancies on the C and Ni sites, but does not drastically change shape. The 20% reduction in the Fermi level density-of-states would lead to a significant (~70%) suppression of the superconducting T c for pair-forming electron-phonon coupling. However, we ascribe the observed much smaller T c reduction at our composition (compared to the stoichiometric compound) to the suppression of pair-breaking spin fluctuations.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Perovskite, Perovskite -- Electric properties, Scattering (Physics) , Compton effect, Superconductivity
Journal or Publication Title: Scientific Reports
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 2045-2322
Official Date: 31 August 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
31 August 2017Available
1 August 2017Accepted
21 May 2017Submitted
Volume: 7
Article Number: 10148
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-09997-2
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
2013B1355Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institutehttp://viaf.org/viaf/139930734
EP/J002925/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266

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