TY - JOUR
T1 - Physical properties of SrSn4 single crystals
AU - Lin, Xiao
AU - Bud'Ko, Sergey L.
AU - Samolyuk, German D.
AU - Torikachvili, Milton S.
AU - Canfield, Paul C.
PY - 2011/11/16
Y1 - 2011/11/16
N2 - 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 kbar1. 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.
AB - 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 kbar1. 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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U2 - 10.1088/0953-8984/23/45/455703
DO - 10.1088/0953-8984/23/45/455703
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80155135282
SN - 0953-8984
VL - 23
JO - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
JF - Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
IS - 45
M1 - 455703
ER -