Study of 11B and 13C NMR on doped MgB2 in the normal and in the superconducting state
Study of 11B and 13C NMR on doped MgB2 in the normal and in the superconducting state
We have studied carbon-doped magnesium diboride nanoparticles using 13C and 11B NMR in the normal and superconducting states. Measurements of the line shape reveal the role of carbon as a flux-pinning center and, combined with Knight shift measurements, suggest the doping procedure favors the chemical substitution scenario. We perform ab initio calculations on a structure with a single carbon-boron substitution which yield results that match the experimental data. The 13C and 11B Knight shift data are used to extract the spin susceptibility, which indicates a BCS pairing mechanism; however, we do not observe the Hebel-Slichter coherence peak from 1/T1 data, which we hypothesize is due to a pair-breaking mechanism present in the boron planes.
Bounds, R.
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Young, E
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Heinmaa, I.
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Carravetta, M.
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Bounds, R.
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Pavarini, E.
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Paolella, M.
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Young, E
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Heinmaa, I.
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Stern, R.
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Bounds, R., Pavarini, E., Paolella, M., Young, E, Heinmaa, I., Stern, R. and Carravetta, M.
(2018)
Study of 11B and 13C NMR on doped MgB2 in the normal and in the superconducting state.
Physical Review B, 97 (1), [014509].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.97.014509).
Abstract
We have studied carbon-doped magnesium diboride nanoparticles using 13C and 11B NMR in the normal and superconducting states. Measurements of the line shape reveal the role of carbon as a flux-pinning center and, combined with Knight shift measurements, suggest the doping procedure favors the chemical substitution scenario. We perform ab initio calculations on a structure with a single carbon-boron substitution which yield results that match the experimental data. The 13C and 11B Knight shift data are used to extract the spin susceptibility, which indicates a BCS pairing mechanism; however, we do not observe the Hebel-Slichter coherence peak from 1/T1 data, which we hypothesize is due to a pair-breaking mechanism present in the boron planes.
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Submitted date: 15 June 2017
Accepted/In Press date: 12 September 2017
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