Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Electron–phonon coupling in superconducting 1T-PdTe2 |
| Authors: |
Gloria Anemone, Pablo Casado Aguilar, Manuela Garnica, Fabian Calleja, Amjad Al Taleb, Chia-Nung Kuo, Chin Shan Lue, Antonio Politano, Amadeo L. Vázquez de Parga, Giorgio Benedek, Daniel Farías, Rodolfo Miranda |
| Source: |
npj 2D Materials and Applications, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Nature Portfolio, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials
LCC:Chemistry |
| Subject Terms: |
Materials of engineering and construction. Mechanics of materials, TA401-492, Chemistry, QD1-999 |
| More Details: |
Abstract We have determined the electron–phonon interaction in type II Dirac semimetallic 1T-PdTe2 by means of helium atom scattering. While 1T-PdTe2 is isostructural with 1T-PtTe2, only the former is superconductor. The difference can be traced to the substantially larger value of the electron–phonon coupling in 1T-PdTe2, λ = 0.58, obtained from the Debye-Waller attenuation of the He specular peak. With this value and the surface Debye temperature, ΘD = 106.2 K, we have figured out the superconducting critical temperature, T c = 1.83 K given by the BCS theory, which is in good agreement with T c = (1.95 ± 0.03) K obtained with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The value of the effective mass related to ΘD indicates that the large electron–phonon coupling in 1T-PdTe2 is due to coupling, not only with the zone-center optical mode O2 at 9.2 meV, as proposed in a recent theoretical study, but also with the zone-boundary acoustic mode LA. Our results suggest that the topological states of a Dirac cone play a negligible role on the onset of superconductivity. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2397-7132 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/2397-7132 |
| DOI: |
10.1038/s41699-021-00204-5 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/e7747a9dff20420aa0967ced29a3ce6d |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.7747a9dff20420aa0967ced29a3ce6d |
| Database: |
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