Superconductivity in novel Ge-based skutterudites: {Sr,Ba}Pt_4Ge_{12}

E. Bauer, A. Grytsiv, Xing-Qiu Chen +9

Combining experiments and ab initio models we report on $\mathrm{SrP}{\mathrm{t}}_4\mathrm{G}{\mathrm{e}}_{12}$ and $\mathrm{BaP}{\mathrm{t}}_4\mathrm{G}{\mathrm{e}}_{12}$ as members of a novel class of superconducting skutterudites, where Sr or Ba ato…