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Growth and Superconductivity of FeSe0.94 Single Crystals

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The FeSe0.94 single crystals have been grown using the high-temperature KCl flux technique. The size of crystal is up to 4 × 3 × 0.1 mm3 dimension. The phase of crystal sample has been identified by powder x-ray diffraction, including dominant tetragonal phase and trace amounts of hexagonal phase. Energy-dispersive spectroscopy reveals the sample composition. With the resistance measurements, the superconducting transition temperature Tc ~ 9.5 K is obtained. Magnetization measurement is presented, which indicates the coexistence of superconductivity and weak ferromagnetism below Tc. The structure transition appears at around 90 K, determined by the temperature derivative of the resistance dR/dT.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11104224, 11004162), and the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (20110184120029). Yongliang Chen gratefully acknowledges support by Foundation of Key Laboratory of Magnetic Suspension Technology and Maglev Vehicle, Ministry of Education.

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    Yuxian Wu, Zhiwei Wen, Yong Li, Yajing Cui & Yong Zhao

  2. Superconductivity and New Energy R&D Center, and Key Laboratory of Magnetic Suspension Technology and Maglev Vehicle, Ministry of Education, Southwest Jiaotong University, 610031, Chengdu, China

    Yuxian Wu, Zhiwei Wen, Yong Li, Yajing Cui, Yongliang Chen & Yong Zhao

  3. Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, 350117, Fuzhou, China

    Yong Zhao

  4. College of Physics and Energy, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, 350117, Fujian, China

    Yong Zhao

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Wu, Y., Wen, Z., Li, Y. et al. Growth and Superconductivity of FeSe0.94 Single Crystals. J Supercond Nov Magn 35, 1825–1829 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-022-06187-8

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