Effect of Synthesis Conditions on Superconducting of Uranium Ditelluride

ORAL

Abstract

Uranium ditelluride was recently identified as a candidate spin triplet superconductor, however this discovery has come with some controversy surrounding the nature of the superconducting transition. Much of the confusion between properties reported by different laboratories can be attributed to the sensitivity UTe2 shows to synthetic conditions, with different approaches leading to wildly different superconducting transition temperatures, or even full suppression of desirable properties. In this talk I will summarize the effects that preparation technique has on the superconducting properties of UTe2.

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Presenters

  • Corey Frank

    • National Institute of Standards and Tech

Authors

  • Corey Frank

    • National Institute of Standards and Tech

  • Ian M Hayes

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Shanta Saha

    • Maryland Quantum Materials Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Johnpierre Paglione

    • University of Maryland, College Park
    • Maryland Quantum Materials Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
    • Univ of Maryland-College Park

  • Nicholas Butch

    • National Institute of Standards and Tech
    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
    • Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology