DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1716981114. Robust zero resistance in a superconducting high-entropy alloy at pressures up to 190 GPa

Robust zero resistance in a superconducting high-entropy alloy at pressures up to 190 GPa

10.1073/pnas.1716981114

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

Significance High-entropy alloys (HEAs) are made from multiple transition-metal elements in equimolar or near-equimolar ratios. The elements in HEAs arrange themselves randomly on the crystallographic positions of a simple lattice. In addition to their excellent mechanical properties, one HEA has been reported to display superconductivity. In this work, we report that the Ta–Nb–Hf–Zr–Ti high-entropy alloy superconductor exhibits extraordinarily robust zero-resistance superconductivity under pressure up to 190.6 GPa. This is an observation of the zero-resistance state of a superconductor all the way from 1-bar pressure to the pressure of the earth’s outer core without structure phase transition, making the superconducting HEA a promising candidate for new application under extreme condition.

Bibliography

Guo, J., Wang, H., von Rohr, F., Wang, Z., Cai, S., Zhou, Y., Yang, K., Li, A., Jiang, S., Wu, Q., Cava, R. J., & Sun, L. (2017). Robust zero resistance in a superconducting high-entropy alloy at pressures up to 190 GPa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(50), 13144â13147.

Authors 12

Jing Guo (first)
Honghong Wang (additional)
Fabian von Rohr (additional)
Zhe Wang (additional)
Shu Cai (additional)
Yazhou Zhou (additional)
Ke Yang (additional)
Aiguo Li (additional)
Sheng Jiang (additional)
Qi Wu (additional)
Robert J. Cava (additional)
Liling Sun (additional)

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Type	When
Created	7 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 28, 2017, 1:36 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 2:59 a.m.)
Indexed	1 week ago (Aug. 23, 2025, 1:15 a.m.)
Issued	7 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 28, 2017)
Published	7 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 28, 2017)
Published Online	7 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 28, 2017)
Published Print	7 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 12, 2017)

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