On the nature of filamentary superconductivity in
metal-doped hydrocarbon organic materials

• Authors: D. Hillesheim , K. Gofryk , A. S. Sefat
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

High temperature superconductivity in K-doped
1,2:8,9-dibenzenopentacene (C30H18) has been recently reported
[1] with Tc = 33 K, the highest among organic superconductors
at ambient pressure. Here we report on our
search for superconductivity in K, Ba, and Ca-doped hydrocarbon
organic materials. We find that Ba-anthracene
(C14H10) and K-Picene (C22H14) show features characteristics
of superconducting state, although very weak. The
data suggests that Ba-anthracene might be a new organic
superconductor with Tc ~35 K.

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Novel Superconducting Materials
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1

Dates

accepted

23 - 9 - 2014

received

27 - 7 - 2014

online

3 - 1 - 2015

Contributors

author

D. Hillesheim

• Materials Science and Technology Division,
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

author

K. Gofryk

• Materials Science and Technology Division,
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

author

A. S. Sefat

• Materials Science and Technology Division,
  Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/nsm-2015-0001