eprintid: 9476 rev_number: 51 eprint_status: archive userid: 599 dir: disk0/00/00/94/76 datestamp: 2008-10-13 09:11:36 lastmod: 2021-10-04 01:01:21 status_changed: 2008-10-13 09:11:36 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Smith, RP creators_name: Kusmartseva, A creators_name: Ko, YTC creators_name: Saxena, SS creators_name: Akrap, A creators_name: Forro, L creators_name: Laad, M creators_name: Weller, TE creators_name: Ellerby, M creators_name: Skipper, NT title: Pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature in C6Yb and C6Ca subjects: 11000 divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F60 keywords: GRAPHITE-INTERCALATION COMPOUNDS, STATE abstract: We have studied the evolution, with hydrostatic pressure, of the recently-discovered superconductivity in the graphite intercalation compounds C6Yb and C6Ca. We present pressure-temperature phase diagrams, for both superconductors, established by electrical transport and magnetization measurements. In the range 0-1.2 GPa the superconducting transition temperature increases linearly with pressure in both materials with dT(c)/dP=+0.37 +/- 0.01 and +0.50 +/- 0.05 K/GPa for C6Yb and C6Ca, respectively. The transition temperature in C6Yb, which has been measured up to 2.3 GPa, reaches a peak at around 1.8 GPa and then starts to drop. We also discuss how this pressure dependence may be explained within a plasmon pairing mechanism. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics. date: 2006-07 date_type: published publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC vfaculties: VMPS rae2008: 19 oa_status: green primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_batch elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 74639 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024505 lyricists_name: Ellerby, Mark lyricists_name: Skipper, Neal lyricists_id: MELLE30 lyricists_id: NTSKI64 full_text_status: public publication: PHYS REV B volume: 74 number: 2 article_number: 024505 pagerange: ? - ? refereed: TRUE issn: 1098-0121 citation: Smith, RP; Kusmartseva, A; Ko, YTC; Saxena, SS; Akrap, A; Forro, L; Laad, M; ... Skipper, NT; + view all <#> Smith, RP; Kusmartseva, A; Ko, YTC; Saxena, SS; Akrap, A; Forro, L; Laad, M; Weller, TE; Ellerby, M; Skipper, NT; - view fewer <#> (2006) Pressure dependence of the superconducting transition temperature in C6Yb and C6Ca. PHYS REV B , 74 (2) , Article 024505. 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024505 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024505>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/9476/1/9476.pdf