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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 32 cited

Universal diamond edge Raman scale to 0.5 terapascal: The implication to metallization of hydrogen

M. I. Eremets, V. S. Minkov, P. P. Kong +3

The recent progress in generating static pressures up to terapascal values opens opportunities for studying novel materials with unusual properties, such as metallization of hydrog…

cond-mat.supr-con2022★ 107 cited

High-temperature superconductivity in hydrides: experimental evidence and details

M. I. Eremets, V. S. Minkov, A. P. Drozdov +9

Since the discovery of superconductivity at 200 K in H3S [1] similar or higher transition temperatures, Tcs, have been reported for various hydrogen-rich compounds under ultra-high…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 6 cited

Metallization of hydrogen

M. I. Eremets, P. P. Kong, A. P. Drozdov

In previous work,1 we showed that hydrogen metallizes in phase III at temperatures below ~200 K and at pressures near ~350 GPa. Here, we perform a detailed study of electrical cond…

cond-mat.supr-con2019★ 80 cited

Superconductivity up to 243 K in yttrium hydrides under high pressure

P. P. Kong, V. S. Minkov, M. A. Kuzovnikov +9

The discovery of high-temperature conventional superconductivity in H3S with a critical temperature of Tc=203 K was followed by the recent record of Tc ~250 K in the face-centered…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 1.6k cited

Superconductivity at 250 K in lanthanum hydride under high pressures

A. P. Drozdov, P. P. Kong, V. S. Minkov +11

The discovery of superconductivity at 203 K in H3S brought attention back to conventional superconductors whose properties can be described by the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) a…

cond-mat.supr-con2018★ 36 cited

Superconductivity at 215 K in lanthanum hydride at high pressures

A. P. Drozdov, V. S. Minkov, S. P. Besedin +4

We synthesized lanthanum hydride (LaHx) by laser heating of lanthanum in hydrogen atmosphere at pressure P = 170 GPa. The sample shows a superconducting step at 209 K and 170 GPa a…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 6 cited

Semimetallic molecular hydrogen at pressure above 350 GPa

M. I. Eremets, A. P. Drozdov, P. P. Kong +1

According to the theoretical predictions, insulating molecular hydrogen dissociates and transforms to an atomic metal at pressures P~370-500 GPa. In another scenario, the metalliza…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 72 cited

Superconductivity in Strong Spin Orbital Coupling Compound Sb2Se3

P. P. Kong, F. Sun, L. Y. Xing +15

Recently, A2B3 type strong spin orbital coupling compounds such as Bi2Te3, Bi2Se3 and Sb2Te3 were theoretically predicated to be topological insulators and demonstrated through exp…

cond-mat.supr-con2014★ 242 cited

Superconductivity in the vicinity of antiferromagnetic order in CrAs

Wei Wu, Jinguang Cheng, Kazuyuki Matsubayashi +6

One of the common features of unconventional, magnetically mediated superconductivity as found in the heavy-fermions, high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) cuprates, and iron pnict…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 161 cited

Superconductivity in Topological Insulator Sb2Te3 Induced by Pressure

J. Zhu, J. L. Zhang, P. P. Kong +15

Topological superconductivity is one of most fascinating properties of topological quantum matters that was theoretically proposed and can support Majorana Fermions at the edge sta…

cond-mat.str-el2013★ 59 cited

Tuning Jeff = 1/2 Insulating State via Electron Doping and Pressure in Double-Layered Iridate Sr3Ir2O7

L. Li, P. P. Kong, T. F. Qi +5

Sr3Ir2O7 exhibits a novel Jeff=1/2 insulating state that features a splitting between Jeff=1/2 and 3/2 bands due to spin-orbit interaction. We report a metal-insulator transition i…

cond-mat.supr-con2013★ 103 cited

Superconductivity of topological insulator Bi2Se3 at high pressures

P. P. Kong, J. L. Zhang, S. J. Zhang +9

The pressure induced superconductivity and structural evolution for Bi2Se3 single crystal have been studied. The emergence of superconductivity with onset transition temperature (T…