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Elsevier, Carbon, (88), p. 16-25

DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2015.02.062

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Magnetic order and superconductivity observed in bundles of Double-Wall Carbon Nanotubes

Journal article published in 2015 by J. Barzola-Quiquia, P. Esquinazi ORCID, M. Lindel, D. Spemann, M. Muallem, G. D. Nessim
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Abstract

The magnetotransport properties were studied in hundreds of micrometer length double-wall carbon nanotubes (DWCNT) bundles. Above 15 K the resistance shows an ohmic behavior and its temperature dependence is well described using the variable-range hopping for one-dimensional system. The magnetoresistance is negative and can be explained using an empirical model based on spin-scattering processes indicating the existence of magnetic order up to room temperature. At temperatures between 2 K and 15 K the resistance is non-ohmic and the current-voltage characteristics reveal the appearance of a potential, which can be well described by a fluctuation-induced tunneling conduction model. In this low temperature range and at low enough input current, a positive magnetoresistance appears - in addition to the negative one - with an extraordinary hysteresis in field and vanishes at $T ∼ 15 $K, suggesting the existence of a superconducting state. Magnetization results partially support the existence of both phenomena in the DWCNT bundles. ; Comment: 12 pages, 13 figures, to be published in Carbon (2015)