Supporting Information
Downscaling Effect on Superconductivity in Pd3Bi2X2 (X = S, Se) Nanoparticles Prepared by Microwave-assisted Polyol Synthesis Maria Roslova*†, Lars Opherden‡|, Igor Veremchukǁ, Lena Spillecke‡|, Holm Kirmse§, Thomas Herrmannsdörfer|, Joachim Wosnitza‡|, Thomas Doert† and Michael Ruck†ǁ †
Department of Chemistry and Food Chemistry, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062
Dresden, Germany ‡
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Institut für Festkörperphysik, Technische Universität Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD-EMFL), Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-
Rossendorf, 01314 Dresden, Germany ǁ
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, 01187 Dresden, Germany
§
Institute of Physics, Humboldt University of Berlin, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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Table S1. Crystallographic data for the Pd3Bi2X2 (X = S, Se) compounds Sample
Pd3Bi2S2
Pd3Bi2Se2
Crystal system
cubic
monoclinic
Space group
I213 (199)
C2/m (12)
Z
2
4
Cell parameters (Å)
a = 8.3096(1)
a = 11.741(1), b = 8.429(1), c = 8.423(1), β = 133.96(1)°
Cell volume (Å3)
573.77(1)
599.9 (1)
Calculated density (g/cm3)
9.2762
9.9116
2θ range
10.02 – 99.98
10.01 – 99.99
Rp
0.032
0.052
Rwp
0.044
0.071
Rexp
0.045
0.054
R(F)
0.011
0.022
GOF
0.941
1.769
Largest peak/hole (e/Å3 )
0.32/-0.25
1.28/-0.85
R values:
Table S2. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters for Pd3Bi2S2 x
y
z
Uiso
Bi1
-0.00329 (18)
-0.00329 (18)
-0.00329 (18)
0.0312 (11)
Pd1
-0.25
-0.2752 (3)
0
0.0303 (12)
S1
-0.2811 (6)
-0.2811 (6)
-0.2811 (6)
0.021 (3)
Table S3. Atomic coordinates and displacement parameters for Pd3Bi2Se2 x
y
z
Uiso
Bi1
0.2226 (8)
0
0.2083 (5)
0.0347 (10)
Bi2
0.7472 (7)
0
0.2390 (7)
0.0347 (10)
Pd1
0.25
0.25
0
0.0376 (12)
Pd2
0.0305 (15)
0
0.3048 (11)
0.0376 (12)
Pd3
0
0.2733 (13)
0
0.0376 (12)
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Se1
0.0307 (10)
0.2944 (7)
0.3142 (8)
0.0258 (19)
Figure S1. Resistivity over temperature at different applied fields for the sintered Pd3Bi2Se2 sample. Inset: Resistivity up to 300 oC without an external field.
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Figure S2. SEM images representing the morphology of the (a) Pd3Bi2S2 and (b) Pd3Bi2Se2 samples after the spark plasma sintering procedure.
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