Co-reporter:Takashi Mochiku, Yoshitaka Matsushita, Akira Sato, Yuita Fujisawa, ... Kazuto Hirata
Physics Procedia (2014) Volume 58() pp:90-93
Publication Date(Web):1 January 2014
DOI:10.1016/j.phpro.2014.09.030
IrTe2 has a trigonal CdI2-type structure which consists of stacked layers of triangular Ir lattices sandwiched between Te layers with octahedral coordination. Pt-doping prevents a first-order structural phase transition to a monoclinic structure at 250 K, and induces superconductivity at 2.8 K. When superconductivity is exhibited, it competes with the structural phase transition. We performed single-crystal X-ray diffraction to investigate the relationship between superconductivity and the structural change by Pt-doping. Pt was substituted at the Ir site, and was not likely to be intercalated between the Te layers. With increasing Pt- doping content, the degree of the distortion of the IrTe6 octahedron increased and the thickness of the IrTe2 layer decreased although the Ir-Te distance hardly changed.