Physical properties of SrSn4 single crystals

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2011-10-28
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Lin, Xiao
Bud’ko, Sergey
Samolyuk, German
Torikachvili, Milton
Canfield, Paul
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We present detailed thermodynamic and transport measurements on single crystals of the recently discovered binary intermetallic superconductor, SrSn4. We find this material to be a slightly anisotropic three-dimensional, strongly coupled, possibly multiband, superconductor. Hydrostatic pressure causes a decrease in the superconducting transition temperature at the rate of ≈ − 0.068 K kbar−1. Band structure calculations are consistent with experimental data on the Sommerfeld coefficient and upper superconducting critical field anisotropy, and suggest a complex, multi-sheet Fermi surface formed by four bands.

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This is the version of the article before peer review or editing, as submitted by an author to Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. IOP Publishing Ltd is not responsible for any errors or omissions in this version of the manuscript or any version derived from it. The Version of Record is available online at DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/45/455703. Posted with permission.

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