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arXiv:1508.07079cond-mat.supr-con

Direct Observation of Superconductivity in Calcium-Intercalated Bilayer Graphene by in situ Electrical Transport Measurements

S. Ichinokura, K. Sugawara, A. Takayama, T. Takahashi, S. Hasegawa

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Abstract

We report the superconductivity in Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene C$_6$CaC$_6$, the thinnest limit of Ca graphite intercalation compound. We performed \textit{in situ} electrical transport measurements on pristine bilayer graphene, C$_6$LiC$_6$ and C$_6$CaC$_6$ fabricated on SiC substrate under zero and non-zero magnetic field. While both bilayer graphene and C$_6$LiC$_6$ show non-superconducting behavior, C$_6$CaC$_6$ exhibits the superconductivity with transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) of 4.0 K. The observed $T_{\rm c}$ in C$_6$CaC$_6$ and the absence of superconductivity in C$_6$LiC$_6$ show a good agreement with the theoretical prediction, suggesting the importance of a free-electron-like metallic band at the Fermi level to drive the superconductivity.

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4 pages, 3 figures
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DOI
doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b07848
Subjects
cond-mat.supr-conSuperconductivity

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