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Unconventional Bulk Superconductivity in YFe_{2}Ge_{2} Single Crystals.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Gamża, Monika B 
Banda, Jacintha 
Murphy, Keiron 
Tarrant, James 

Abstract

Sharp superconducting transition anomalies observed in a new generation of single crystals establish that bulk superconductivity is intrinsic to high purity YFe_{2}Ge_{2}. Low temperature heat capacity measurements suggest a disorder and field dependent residual Sommerfeld coefficient, consistent with disorder-induced in-gap states as expected for a sign-changing order parameter. The sevenfold reduction in disorder scattering in these new crystals to residual resistivities ≃0.45  μΩ cm was achieved using a new liquid transport growth technique, paving the way for multiprobe experiments investigating the normal and superconducting states of YFe_{2}Ge_{2}.

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Keywords

cond-mat.supr-con, cond-mat.supr-con

Journal Title

Phys Rev Lett

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Journal ISSN

0031-9007
1079-7114

Volume Title

125

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

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Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K012894/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P023290/1)
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