Superconductivity in NbSe$_{2\, }$intercalated with indium atoms.

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Abstract

NbSe$_{2}$ compound crystallizes in MoS$_{2}$ prototype structure and it is a very well knows superconductor, which exhibits coexistence between superconductivity and CDW instability. High quality samples of this material display maximum superconducting critical temperature close to 7.2 K and CDW transition close to 33.0 K. In this work, we present results that shown NbS$_{2}$ prototype stabilization structure when NbSe$_{2}$ is intercalated with indium atoms. These intercalations obey the In$_{x}$NbSe$_{2}$ stoichiometry with indium intercalation into 0.025 $\le $ x $\le $ 0.08 range. In this range of the composition the critical temperature reach the maximum close to 7.5 K on the In$_{0.035}$NbSe$_{2}$ stoichiometry, revealed by resistivity, magnetization and heat capacity measurements. On the resistivity measurements, we did not find any evidence of CDW instability in all range of temperature.

*FAPESP project 2016/11565-7

Authors

  • Frederico Santos

    • Univ Sao Paulo
  • Rita Rangel

    • Univ Sao Paulo
  • Lucas Correa

    • Univ Sao Paulo
  • Bruno de Lima

    • Univ Sao Paulo
  • Orlando Cigarroa

    • Univ Sao Paulo
  • Antonio Machado

    • Univ Sao Paulo