Superconductivity in a Molecular Metal Cluster Compound

Abstract

Compelling evidence for band-type conductivity and even bulk superconductivity below $T\_\text{c}\approx 8$ K has been found in ${}^{69,71}$Ga-NMR experiments in crystalline ordered, giant Ga$\_84$ 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.

5 pages, 4 figures

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