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Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry C Materials for optical and electronic devices, 34(7), p. 10700-10707, 2019

DOI: 10.1039/c9tc02095k

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Strain to alter the covalency and superconductivity in transition metal diborides

Journal article published in 2019 by Huanchen Zhai ORCID, Francisco Munoz ORCID, Anastassia N. Alexandrova ORCID
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Abstract

Among layered metal diborides, MB2, only MgB2 is a superconductor. However, a strategically applied mechanical stress that removes metal–boron covalency can turn ScB2 into a superconductor with the same mechanism.