First-principles study on superconductivity of the gold–indium alloy under high pressure
Autor: | Masaya Nomura, Kuniko Kato, Hiroyoshi Itoh, Takahiro Ishikawa, Naoshi Suzuki, Katsuya Shimizu |
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Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Zdroj: | High Pressure Research. 33:152-157 |
ISSN: | 1477-2299 0895-7959 |
Popis: | The superconductivity of gold–indium alloys has been investigated using first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory. At ambient pressure, the calculated superconducting transition temperature (T c) is 0.04 μ K in pure gold, but T c dramatically increases by substituting indium atoms for gold atoms. The gold–indium alloy having 12.5 atomic percent indium (Au0.875In0.125) shows T c of 0.1 K, and Au0.75In0.25 marks 1.7 K. The dramatic increase in T c owing to the alloying effect is caused by the enhancement of the electron–phonon coupling. The superconductivity of gold is predicted to be drastically weakened with increasing pressure and virtually disappear at 10 GPa, but it continues up to at least 30 GPa by the inclusion of indium atoms. |
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