Sc substitution for Mg in MgB2: effects on Tc and Kohn anomaly

Abstract

Here we report synthesis and characterization of Mg_{1-x}Sc_{x}B_{2} (0.12<x<0.27) system, with critical temperature in the range of 30>T_{c}>6 K. We find that the Sc doping moves the chemical potential through the 2D/3D electronic topological transition (ETT) in the sigma band where the ``shape resonance" of interband pairing occurs. In the 3D regime beyond the ETT we observe a hardening of the E_{2g} Raman mode with a significant line-width narrowing due to suppression of the Kohn anomaly over the range 0<q<2k_{F}.

8 pages, 4 EPS figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B

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