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- 2018
Nodal-to-nodeless superconducting order parameter in LaFeAs1?xP x O synthesized under high pressureDOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-018-0099-y Abstract: Similar to chemical doping, pressure produces and stabilizes new phases of known materials, whose properties may differ greatly from those of their standard counterparts. Here, by considering a series of LaFeAs1?xP x O iron-pnictides synthesized under high-pressure high-temperature conditions, we investigate the simultaneous effects of pressure and isoelectronic doping in the 1111 family. Results of numerous macroscopic and microscopic technique measurements unambiguously show a radically different phase diagram for the pressure-grown materials, characterized by the lack of magnetic order and the persistence of superconductivity across the whole 0.3?≤?x?≤?0.7 doping range. This unexpected scenario is accompanied by a branching in the electronic properties across x?=?0.5, involving both the normal and superconducting phases. Most notably, the superconducting order parameter evolves from nodal (for x?<?0.5) to nodeless (for x?≥?0.5), in clear contrast to other 1111 and 122 iron-based materials grown under ambient-pressure conditions
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