Uniaxial-stress-induced superconductivity in organic conductors

1 September 1995

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 52 (10) , R7014-R7017
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.52.r7014

Abstract

We report an interesting effect in organic conductors and superconductors: the inducement and/or enhancement of superconductivity by uniaxial compressive stress. Uniaxial stress induces superconductivity in a density-wave material and increases the transition temperature of a superconductor by a factor of 3. Analysis of the Shubnikov–de Haas effect shows an expansion of the in-plane unit cell with stress and an increase in effective mass when superconductivity is induced.

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