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Superconductivity in the medium-entropy/high-entropy Re-based alloys with a non-centrosymmetric α-Mn lattice

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Medium/high-entropy alloys (MEAs-HEAs) and rhenium-based compounds with a non-centrosymmetric (NC) structure have received a lot of attention for offering a fertile soil in search for unconventional superconductivity (SC). Here, five previously unreported NC Re-based MEA-HEA superconductors with an α-Mn lattice are successfully synthesized, with their superconducting transition temperatures (T cs) ranging from 4 to 5 K. An increase in the superconducting transition temperature (T c) can be achieved by modulating the valence electron count through compositional adjustments. Magnetization measurements confirm that all the synthesized Re-based MEA-HEAs are bulk type-II superconductors. Specific heat analysis reveals that the superconducting state of these HEAs can be well described by a single-gap s-wave model. Our results show that the Kadowaki–Woods ratio (KWR) of these α-Mn MEA/HEA superconductors are close to the typical value of heavy fermion compounds, suggesting the existence of strong electronic correlation. These findings provide promising material platforms to study the role of high disorder in the origin of SC in the NC MEAs-HEAs.

Source: Superconductor Science and Technology

DOI: 10.1088/1361-6668/adc8df