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arxiv: 1705.05066 · v1 · pith:3T5OKRLKnew · submitted 2017-05-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.str-el

Two-Band s_pm Strongly Correlated Superconductivity in K₃ p-Terphenyl?

classification ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con cond-mat.str-el
keywords p-terphenylstructuresuperconductivitybimolecularnarrowaromaticassumedband
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A new organic superconductor, possibly with formula $K_3$ p-terphenyl, has been discovered by Wang, Gao, Huang and Chen, reaching a very high $T_c$ of about 120~K. Besides a clear diamagnetic signal, most other details such as stoichiometry and structure are yet unknown. However, pristine p-terphenyl has a familiar $P2_1/a$ staggered bimolecular structure, and it can be reasonably assumed that a similar bimolecular structure could be retained by hypothetical $K_3$ p-terphenyl. We point out that the resulting 2-narrow band metal would support the same $s_{\pm}$ superconductivity recently proposed for doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as La-phenanthrene or $K_3$-picene. In that model, narrow bands, a large Hubbard $U$ and the neighbourhood of a Mott transition enhance superconductivity rather than damaging it.

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