Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Md. Riad Kasem, Tatsuma D. Matsuda. Superconductivity in CuAl2-type Co0.2Ni0.1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2 with a high-entropy-alloy transition metal site[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2021, 9(3): 141-147.
DOI:
Yoshikazu Mizuguchi, Md. Riad Kasem, Tatsuma D. Matsuda. Superconductivity in CuAl2-type Co0.2Ni0.1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2 with a high-entropy-alloy transition metal site[J]. Materials Research Letters, 2021, 9(3): 141-147.DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2020.1860147.
Superconductivity in CuAl2-type Co0.2Ni0.1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2 with a high-entropy-alloy transition metal site
BSTRACTResearch on high-entropy-alloy (HEA) superconductors is a growing field in material science. In this study
we explored new HEA-type superconductors and discovered a CuAl
2
-type superconductor Co
0.2
Ni
0.1
Cu
0.1
Rh
0.3
Ir
0.3
Zr
2
with a HEA-type transition metal site. A superconducting transition was observed at 8.0 K after electrical resistivity
magnetization
and specific heat measurements. The bulk characteristics of the superconductivity were confirmed through the specific heat measurements. The discovery of superconductivity in HEA-type Co
0.2
Ni
0.1
Cu
0.1
Rh
0.3
Ir
0.3
Zr
2
will provide a novel pathway to explore new HEA-type superconductors and investigate the relationship between the mixing entropy and superconductivity of HEA-type compounds.