Synthesis and Characterization of the Possible MgB2-like Superconductor MgBC

Oral-In-person

Abstract

Currently, MgB2 is the conventional superconductor with the highest critical temperature (Tc) of ~39 K. Recent computational predictions suggest that a related material, MgBC, is thermodynamically stable under high-pressure conditions and possesses a Tc in a similar range. In this work, we explore the experimental synthesis of MgBC under pressure in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell (DAC) and investigate the structure and bonding using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Potential superconducting properties were investigated using in situ electrical transport measurements.

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Presenters

  • Rian Reichel

    • Carnegie Institution for Science

Authors

  • Rian Reichel

    • Carnegie Institution for Science

  • Timothy Strobel

    • Carnegie Inst of Washington

  • Shubham Sinha

    • University of Florida

  • Wencheng Lu

    • Carnegie Inst of Washington

  • michael hutcheon

    • Theory of Condensed Matter Group, Cavendish Laboratory, J. J. Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0HE, United Kingdom

  • Pedro Ferreira

  • Christoph Heil

    • Graz University of Technology

  • Matthew Julian

    • Enterprise Science Fund, Intellectual Ventures, 3150 139th Ave SE, Bellevue, WA, 98005, USA

  • Rohit Prasankumar

    • Intellectual Ventures Management, LLC