# Superconductivity in La$_2$Ni$_2$In

13 Aug 2020  ·  Maiwald Jannis, Mazin Igor I., Gurevich Alex, Aronson Meigan ·

We report here the properties of single crystals of La$_2$Ni$_2$In. Electrical resistivity and specific heat measurements concur with the results of Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, finding that La$_{2}$Ni$_{2}$In is a weakly correlated metal, where the Ni magnetism is almost completely quenched, leaving only a weak Stoner enhancement of the density of states... Superconductivity is observed at temperatures below 0.9$\,$K. A detailed analysis of the field and temperature dependencies of the resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat at the lowest temperatures reveals that La$_2$Ni$_2$In is a dirty type-II superconductor with likely s-wave gap symmetry. Nanoclusters of ferromagnetic inclusions significantly affect the subgap states resulting in a non-exponential temperature dependence of the specific heat $C(T)$ at $T\ll T_\text{c}$. read more

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