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Possibility of superconductivity in graphite intercalated with alkaline earths investigated with density functional theory | Matteo Calandra
; Francesco Mauri
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14 Jun 2006 | Subject: | Superconductivity; Materials Science | Abstract: | Using density functional theory we investigate the occurrence of superconductivity in AC$_6$ with A=Mg,Ca,Sr,Ba. We predict that at zero pressure, Ba and Sr should be superconducting with critical temperatures (T$_c$) 0.2 K and 3.0 K, respectively. We study the pressure dependence of T$_c$ assuming the same symmetry for the crystal structures at zero and finite pressures. We find that the SrC$_6$ and BaC$_6$ critical temperatures should be substantially enhanced by pressure. On the contrary, for CaC$_6$ we find that in the 0 to 5 GPa region, T$_c$ weakly increases with pressure. The increase is much smaller than what shown in several recent experiments. Thus we suggest that in CaC$_6$ a continous phase transformation, such as an increase in staging, occurs at finite pressure. Finally we argue that, although MgC$_6$ is unstable, the synthesis of intercalated systems of the kind Mg$_x$Ca$_{1-x}$C$_y$ could lead to higher critical temperatures. | Source: | arXiv, cond-mat/0606372 | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites |
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