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REVIEWS OF MODERN PHYSICS
Volume 83, Issue 4, Pages 1589-1652Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/RevModPhys.83.1589
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- U. S. Department of Energy [DE-FG02-86ER45268]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-FG02-86ER45268] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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Kamihara and coworkers' report of superconductivity at T-c = 26 K in fluorine-doped LaFeAsO inspired a worldwide effort to understand the nature of the superconductivity in this new class of compounds. These iron pnictide and chalcogenide (FePn/Ch) superconductors have Fe electrons at the Fermi surface, plus an unusual Fermiology that can change rapidly with doping, which lead to normal and superconducting state properties very different from those in standard electron-phonon coupled conventional superconductors. Clearly, superconductivity and magnetism or magnetic fluctuations are intimately related in the FePn/Ch, and even coexist in some. Open questions, including the superconducting nodal structure in a number of compounds, abound and are often dependent on improved sample quality for their solution. With T-c values up to 56 K, the six distinct Fe-containing superconducting structures exhibit complex but often comparable behaviors. The search for correlations and explanations in this fascinating field of research would benefit from an organization of the large, seemingly disparate data set. This review provides an overview, using numerous references, with a focus on the materials and their superconductivity.
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