Discovery of a Superhard Iron Tetraboride Superconductor

Gou, H. Y.; Dubrovinskaia, N.; Bykova, E.; Tsirlin, A. A.; Kasinathan, D.; Schnelle, W.; Richter, A.; Merlini, M.; Hanfland, M.; Abakumov, A. M.; Batuk, D.; Van Tendeloo, G.; Nakajima, Y.; Kolmogorov, A. N.; Dubrovinsky, L.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.157002

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Discovery of a Superhard Iron Tetraboride Superconductor

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Tsirlin, A. A.
Chemical Metal Science, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Kasinathan, D.
Physics of Correlated Matter, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Schnelle, W.
Walter Schnelle, Inorganic Chemistry, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Hanfland, M.
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Abakumov, A. M.
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Max Planck Society;

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Gou, H. Y., Dubrovinskaia, N., Bykova, E., Tsirlin, A. A., Kasinathan, D., Schnelle, W., et al. (2013). Discovery of a Superhard Iron Tetraboride Superconductor. Physical Review Letters, 111(15): 157002, pp. 1-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.157002.

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Single crystals of novel orthorhombic (space group Pnnm) iron tetraboride FeB4 were synthesized at pressures above 8 GPa and high temperatures. Magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity measurements demonstrate bulk superconductivity below 2.9 K. The putative isotope effect on the superconducting critical temperature and the analysis of specific heat data indicate that the superconductivity in FeB4 is likely phonon mediated, which is rare for Fe-based superconductors. The discovered iron tetraboride is highly incompressible and has the nanoindentation hardness of 62(5) GPa; thus, it opens a new class of highly desirable materials combining advanced mechanical properties and superconductivity.