@article{9402f58e3353409eb38d9c34250d2f41,
title = "Superconductivity in KSn2 with the MgZn2-type structure",
abstract = "We report here the sysnthesis and discovery of a new superconductor potassium distannide KSn2. KSn2 has a hexagonal crystal structure with a space group of P63 /mmc, which is called the MgZn2-type (C14) structure belonging to the famous family of Laves phases. The calculated lattice constants a and c are 0.6427(4) and 1.043(6) nm, respectively. From the magnetic susceptibility measurement, KSn2 shows a superconducting transition at around 3.2 K.",
keywords = "KSn, MgZn-type, Superconductivity",
author = "Shota Miyazaki and Kenji Kawashima and Tsukasa Ipponjima and Michinori Fukuma and Daiki Hyakumura and Jun Akimitsu and Masaaki Yoshikawa",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by the High-tech Research Center Project for Private Universities from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), by a Giant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research and by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research. Moreover, this research was supported by the Strategic International Collaborative Research Program (SICORP) between the European Union (EU) and Japan (LEMSUPER), Japan Science and Technology Agency. Two of authors (KK and JA) were supported by IMRA Material Co., LTD.",
year = "2013",
month = aug,
doi = "10.3938/jkps.63.475",
language = "English",
volume = "63",
pages = "475--476",
journal = "Journal of the Korean Physical Society",
issn = "0374-4884",
publisher = "Korean Physical Society",
number = "3",
}