Enhanced Upper Critical Fields in a New Quasi-one-dimensional Superconductor Nb$_2$Pd$_{x}$Se$_5$

@inproceedings{Khim2013EnhancedUC,
  title={Enhanced Upper Critical Fields in a New Quasi-one-dimensional Superconductor Nb\$_2\$Pd\$_\{x\}\$Se\$_5\$},
  author={Seunghyun Khim and Bumsung Lee and Ki-Young Choi and Byung-Gu Jeon and Dong Hyun Jang and Deepak Patil and Seema A. Patil and Rokyeon Kim and Eun Sang Choi and Seongsu Lee and Jaejun Yu and Kee Hoon Kim},
  year={2013}
}
We report the discovery of superconductivity with Tc = 5.5 K in Nb2PdxSe5, in which one-dimensional (1D) Nb–Se chains existing along the b-direction hybridize each other to form the conducting b–c* plane. The magnetic susceptibility and specific heat data in both single crystal and polycrystal show evidence of bulk superconductivity. The resistivity, Hall coefficient and magneto-resistance data all indicate the presence of an energy scale T* =  ∼ 50 K, which becomes systematically lowered under… CONTINUE READING
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