2018/01/19 by Ge Huang, Huang, Ge, Ren‐Shu Wang +3
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Chemistry · Materials Science · #Electron Spin Resonance Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1801.06324
openalex publication_date 2018/01/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The chain-like organic compounds with conjugated structure have the potential to become high temperature superconductors. We examine this idea by choosing p-quinquephenyl with five phenyl rings connected in para position. The dc magnetic susceptibility measurements provide solid evidence for the presence of Meissner effect when the compound is doped by potassium. The real part of the ac susceptibility shows exactly same transition temperature as that in dc magnetization, and the imaginary part of nearly zero value after transition implies the realization of zero-resistivity. All these features support the existence of superconductivity with a critical temperature of 7.3 K in this material. The occurrence of bipolarons revealed by Raman spectra guarantees potassium metal intercalated into p-quinquephenyl and suggests the important role of this elementary excitation played on superconductivity.