Seyfarth, G., D. Jaccard, P. Pedrazzini, A. Krzton-Maziopa, E. Pomjakushina, K. Conder, and Z. Shermadini. "Pressure cycle of superconducting Cs0.8Fe2Se2 : A transport study." Solid State Communications 151, no. 10 (2011): 747–750.
Abstract: We report measurements of the temperature and pressure dependence of the electrical resistivity (Ï) of single-crystalline iron-based chalcogenide Cs0.8Fe2Se2. In this material, superconductivity with a transition temperature Tc~30K source develops from a normal state with extremely large resistivity. At ambient pressure, a large “hump†in the resistivity is observed around 200 K. Under pressure, the resistivity decreases by two orders of magnitude, concomitant with a sudden Tc suppression around pc~30K. Even at 9 GPa a metallic resistivity state is not recovered, and the Ï(T) “hump†is still detected. A comparison of the data measured upon increasing and decreasing the external pressure leads us to suggest that the superconductivity is not related to this hump.
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