Relationship between superconductivity and crystal structure in NbB 2+x

H. Takagiwa; E. Nishibori; N. Okada; M. Takata; M. Sakata; J. Akimitsu

doi:10.1016/j.stam.2005.11.015

Relationship between superconductivity and crystal structure in NbB _2+x

H. Takagiwa, E. Nishibori, N. Okada, M. Takata, M. Sakata, J. Akimitsu

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Abstract

We have performed magnetic susceptibility measurements and precise crystal structure analysis of the nonstoichiometric NbB_2+x superconductor to reveal the relationship between T_c and crystal structure. From magnetic susceptibility measurements, it was found that T_c increases from 2.2 to 5.8 K with x. The crystal structures including both chemical compositions and lattice constants were precisely determined by Rietveld refinement using synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction data with three different wavelengths. We found that interatomic Nb-B distance increases with T _c. The charge density of NbB_2+x was revealed by the maximum entropy method based on Rietveld refinement. We find the difference in the number of electrons in the Nb site and B layer for NbB_2+xwith different compositions and T_c.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-25
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
Volume	7
Issue number	1 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stam.2005.11.015
Publication status	Published - Jan 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Maximum Entropy Method (MEM)
NbB
Superconductivity

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Materials Science(all)

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