Temperature-Pressure Phase Diagram of Lightly Hole-doped BaFe$_2$As$_2$
ORAL
Abstract
Chemical doping and application of pressure are the two common tools to tune the electronic structure of a material. Although electron-doping on Fe-site in BaFe$_2$As$_2$ gives superconductivity up to $\sim$ 22 K, it is puzzling that hole-doping does not. For this reason, we decided to carry out pressure studies on a few lightly Cr- or Mo-doped crystals of BaFe$_2$As$_2$. We have applied pressures of up to 2~GPa using a cylinder cell, and Fluorinert as pressure medium. Our preliminary findings reveal the shift of antiferromagnetic ordering temperatures to lower with pressure, and a down-turn in resistivity at low temperatures and pressures, which may be attributed to superconductivity.
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Authors
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Balazs Sipos
Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 USA
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Athena Safa-Sefat
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA
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B.C. Sales
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831 USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA