Superconducting Ferromagnetic NanodiamondClick to copy article linkArticle link copied!
- Gufei Zhang
- Tomas Samuely
- Zheng Xu
- Johanna K. Jochum
- Alexander Volodin
- Shengqiang Zhou
- Paul W. May
- Oleksandr Onufriienko
- Jozef Kačmarčík
- Julian A. Steele
- Jun Li
- Johan Vanacken
- Jiri Vacík
- Pavol Szabó
- Haifeng Yuan
- Maarten B. J. Roeffaers
- Dorin Cerbu
- Peter Samuely
- Johan Hofkens
- Victor V. Moshchalkov
Abstract

Superconductivity and ferromagnetism are two mutually antagonistic states in condensed matter. Research on the interplay between these two competing orderings sheds light not only on the cause of various quantum phenomena in strongly correlated systems but also on the general mechanism of superconductivity. Here we report on the observation of the electronic entanglement between superconducting and ferromagnetic states in hydrogenated boron-doped nanodiamond films, which have a superconducting transition temperature Tc ∼ 3 K and a Curie temperature TCurie > 400 K. In spite of the high TCurie, our nanodiamond films demonstrate a decrease in the temperature dependence of magnetization below 100 K, in correspondence to an increase in the temperature dependence of resistivity. These anomalous magnetic and electrical transport properties reveal the presence of an intriguing precursor phase, in which spin fluctuations intervene as a result of the interplay between the two antagonistic states. Furthermore, the observations of high-temperature ferromagnetism, giant positive magnetoresistance, and anomalous Hall effect bring attention to the potential applications of our superconducting ferromagnetic nanodiamond films in magnetoelectronics, spintronics, and magnetic field sensing.
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