2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Volume dependence of the rattling in the caged superconductor and thermoelectric materials by high-pressure specific-heat measurement
Project/Area Number |
21540363
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
Condensed matter physics II
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Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
Principal Investigator |
UMEO Kazunori 広島大学, 自然科学研究支援開発センター, 准教授 (10223596)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
HIROI Zenji 東京大学, 物性研究所, 教授 (30192719)
YAMAURA Jun-ichi 東京大学, 物性研究所, 助教 (80292762)
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Research Collaborator |
TAKABATAKE Toshiro 広島大学, 大学院・先端物質科学研究科, 教授 (40171540)
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Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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Keywords | 低温物性 / 物性実験 / 超電導材料・素子 / 高圧力物性 |
Research Abstract |
The caged compound KOs_2O_6 exhibits a superconducting transition at T_c=9.6 K, and a first-order transition at T_p=7.5K, which manifested itself in the sharp peak of the specific heat. In order to examine the relationship between these anomalous properties and low-energy anharmonic vibration of K ions, we measured specific heat under pressure with a high-precision AC calorimeter using a Bridgeman anvil cell. The peak in the specific heat at Tp disappeared at a low pressure of 0.02GPa. Furthermore, Tc increases from 9.65K at P=0 to 9.80K at P=0.02 GPa. This finding suggests that the superconducting state is stabilized by the suppression of the first-order transition at T_p.
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Research Products
(23 results)
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[Journal Article] Superconductivity and Structural Phase Transitions in Caged Compounds RT2Zn20(R=La, Pr, T=Ru, Ir)2010
Author(s)
T. Onimaru, K. Matsumoto, Y. F. Inoue, K. Umeo, Y. Saiga, Y. Matsushita, R. Tamura, K. Nishimoto, I. Ishii, T. Suzuki and T. Takabatake
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Journal Title
J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
Volume: 79
Pages: 033704
DOI
Peer Reviewed
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