Superconductivity in the antiperovskite Dirac-metal oxide Sr3−xSnO

Superconductivity has not been observed in any antiperovskite oxide up to now. Here Oudahet al. report superconducting transition around 5 K in antiperovskite oxide Sr3−xSnO, making it a new class of oxide superconductors.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohamed Oudah, Atsutoshi Ikeda, Jan Niklas Hausmann, Shingo Yonezawa, Toshiyuki Fukumoto, Shingo Kobayashi, Masatoshi Sato, Yoshiteru Maeno
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13617