Superconducting elect rides have attracted growing attention for their potential to achieve high superconducting transition temperatures(TC)under pressure.However,many known elect rides are chemically reactive and ...Superconducting elect rides have attracted growing attention for their potential to achieve high superconducting transition temperatures(TC)under pressure.However,many known elect rides are chemically reactive and unstable,making high-quality single-crystal growth,characterization,and measurements difficult,and most do not exhibit superconductivity at ambient pressure.In contrast,La3 In stands out for its ambient-pressure superconductivity(TC∼9.4 K)and the availability of high-quality single crystals.Here,we investigate its low-energy electronic structure using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations.The bands near the Fermi energy(EF)are mainly derived from La 5d and In 5p orbitals.A saddle point is directly observed at the Brillouin zone(BZ)boundary,while a three-dimensional Van Hove singularity crosses EF at the BZ corner.First-principles calculations further reveal topological Dirac surface states within the bulk energy gap above EF.The coexistence of a high density of states and in-gap topological surface states nearF suggests that La3In offers a promising platform for tuning superconductivity and exploring possible topological superconducting phases through doping or external pressure.展开更多
We observed superconductivity in a cubic La3Al single crystal that exhibits metallic behavior in the normal state without an observable structural transition and enters the superconducting state below Tc~6.32 K....We observed superconductivity in a cubic La3Al single crystal that exhibits metallic behavior in the normal state without an observable structural transition and enters the superconducting state below Tc~6.32 K.Detailed characterization and analysis indicate that cubic La3Al is a bulk type-Ⅱ BCS superconductor.Moreover,theoretical calculations show that it can host interstitial anionic electrons located at the body center of the cubic unit cell,which confirms electron-phonon coupling as the superconducting mechanism.Therefore,cubic La3Al can be considered as a novel electride superconductor.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12222413,12174443,12274459,and 12404266)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2023YFA1406500,2022YFA1403800,and 2022YFA1403103)+3 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (Grant No.23ZR1482200)the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (Grant No.2024J019)the Science Research Project of Hebei Education Department (Grant No.BJ2025060)the funding of Ningbo Yongjiang Talent Program。
摘要Superconducting elect rides have attracted growing attention for their potential to achieve high superconducting transition temperatures(TC)under pressure.However,many known elect rides are chemically reactive and unstable,making high-quality single-crystal growth,characterization,and measurements difficult,and most do not exhibit superconductivity at ambient pressure.In contrast,La3 In stands out for its ambient-pressure superconductivity(TC∼9.4 K)and the availability of high-quality single crystals.Here,we investigate its low-energy electronic structure using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations.The bands near the Fermi energy(EF)are mainly derived from La 5d and In 5p orbitals.A saddle point is directly observed at the Brillouin zone(BZ)boundary,while a three-dimensional Van Hove singularity crosses EF at the BZ corner.First-principles calculations further reveal topological Dirac surface states within the bulk energy gap above EF.The coexistence of a high density of states and in-gap topological surface states nearF suggests that La3In offers a promising platform for tuning superconductivity and exploring possible topological superconducting phases through doping or external pressure.
基金supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1403800,2023YFA1406500,and 2022YFA1403103)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12274459,12174443,12074013,and 12404266)the Science Research Project of Hebei Education Department(Grant No.BJ2025060)。
摘要We observed superconductivity in a cubic La3Al single crystal that exhibits metallic behavior in the normal state without an observable structural transition and enters the superconducting state below Tc~6.32 K.Detailed characterization and analysis indicate that cubic La3Al is a bulk type-Ⅱ BCS superconductor.Moreover,theoretical calculations show that it can host interstitial anionic electrons located at the body center of the cubic unit cell,which confirms electron-phonon coupling as the superconducting mechanism.Therefore,cubic La3Al can be considered as a novel electride superconductor.