Superconductivity in a Molecular Metal Cluster Compound
O. Bakharev, D. Bono, H.B. Brom, A. Schnepf, H. Schnoeckel, L.J. De, Jongh
TL;DR
This paper reports the discovery of bulk superconductivity at approximately 8 K in a crystalline Ga84 cluster compound, providing experimental evidence for a theoretical model of superconductivity in ordered arrays of metal nanoparticles.
Contribution
It presents the first experimental realization of Friedel's 1992 theoretical model for superconductivity in ordered arrays of weakly coupled metal nanoparticles.
Findings
Evidence of band-type conductivity in Ga84 clusters
Observation of bulk superconductivity below 8 K
Confirmation of Friedel's theoretical model
Abstract
Compelling evidence for band-type conductivity and even bulk superconductivity below K has been found in Ga-NMR experiments in crystalline ordered, giant Ga cluster-compounds. This material appears to represent the first realization of a theoretical model proposed by Friedel in 1992 for superconductivity in ordered arrays of weakly coupled, identical metal nanoparticles.
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