Pal, Anand and Mehdi, S. S. and Husain, Mushahid and Awana, V. P. S. (2013) Appearance and disappearance of superconductivity in SmFe1-xNixAsO (x=0.0-1.0). Solid State Sciences, 15 (2013). 123-128. ISSN 1293-2558

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Abstract

Bulk polycrystalline Ni-substituted SmFe1-xNixAsO (x = 0.0-1.0) samples are synthesized by solid state reaction route in an evacuated sealed quartz tube. The cell volume decreases with increase of Ni content in SmFe1-xNixAsO, thus indicating successful substitution of smaller ion Ni at Fe site. The resistivity measurements showed that the spin density wave (SOW) transition is suppressed drastically with Ni doping and subsequently superconductivity is achieved in a narrow range of x from 0.04 to 0.10 with maximum T-c of 9 K at x = 0.06. For higher content of Ni (x >= 0.10), the system becomes metallic and superconductivity is not observed down to 2 K. The magneto-transport [R(T)H] measurements exhibited the upper critical field [H-c2(0)] of up to 300 kOe. The flux flow activation energy (U/k(B)) is estimated similar to 98.37 K for 0.1 T field. Magnetic susceptibility measurements also confirm bulk superconductivity for x = 0.04, 0.06 and 0.08 samples. The lower critical field (H-c1) is around 100 Oe at 2 K for x = 0.06 sample. Heat capacity C-P(T) measurements exhibited a hump like transition pertaining to SDW in Fe planes at around 150 K and an AFM ordering of Sm spins below temperature of 5.4 K for ordered Sm spins [T-N(Sm)]. Though, the SDW hump for Fe spins disappears for Ni doped samples, the T-N (Sm) remains unaltered but with a reduced transition height, i.e., decreased entropy. In conclusion, complete phase diagram of SmFe1-xNixAsO (x = 0.0-1.0) is studied in terms of its structural, electrical, magnetic and thermal properties.

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Subjects:	Chemistry > Inorganic Chemistry Applied Physics/Condensed Matter Physical Chemistry/Chemical Physics
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Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2026 10:41
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URI:	https://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/3339

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