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We report on transport properties of chain-like compounds M2Mo6X6 with M=In or Tl and X=Se or Te. Only Tl2Mo6Se6 is found to be superconducting, with a critical temperature between 5.5 and 6.6 K. The superconducting properties are extremely dependent on the sample preparation. We have determined large azimuthal and polar anisotropies by magnetoresistance measurements. Properties of rare-earth-substituted samples, such as Eu2−x Tl x Mo 6 Se 6 , are also reported.
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Lepetit, R., Monceau, P., Potel, M. et al. Superconductivity of the linear chain compound Tl2Mo6Se6 . J Low Temp Phys 56, 219–235 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681442
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