NMR study of quaternary superconductors RT2B2C (R=Y,La,Th,and T=Ni,Pd,Pt)

Ikeda, S., Kumagai, K., Jiang, J., Lin, M.S., Lai, C.C., Ku, H.C.

Physica C (Netherlands), vol.263, no.1-4, 526-9, May 1996

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195Pt-, 139La- and 11B-NMR have been investigated in the quaternary superconductors RT2B2C (R=Y,La,Th and T=Ni,Pd,Pt). The electric quadrupole frequency of 139La changes almost by one order of magnitude from T=Ni to Pt, indicating that the hybridization of La 5d and d-electrons of the transition element is important and depends largely on the transition element. T1T of 195Pt obeys the Korringa relation in the normal state, but 11B-1/T1T and Knight shift are enhanced with decreasing temperature in some borides. The temperature dependence of T1 of 195Pt in ThPt2B2C below Tc strongly suggests that the conventional BCS superconductivity is realized in the quaternary borocarbide.