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The recent report of room-temperature superconductivity at near-ambient pressure in nitrogen-doped lutetium hydride(Lu-H-N)by Dasenbrock-Gammon et al.[Nature 615,244-250(2023)]has attracted tremendous attention due to its anticipated great impact on technology.However,the results could not be independently reproduced by other groups worldwide in follow-up studies,which elicited intense controversy.Here,we develop a reliable experimental protocol to minimize the extensively concerned extrinsic influences on the sample by starting the reaction from pure lutetium loaded with an H2/N2 gas mixture in a diamond anvil cell under different pressures and temperatures and simultaneously monitoring the entire chemical reaction process using in situ four-probe resistance measurements.Therefore,we could repeatedly reproduce the near-room temperature upsurge of electrical resistance at a relatively early stage of the chemical reaction.However,the mechanism is suggested to be a metal-to-semiconductor/insulator transition associated with the structural modulation in the non-stoichiometric Lu-H-N,rather than superconductivity.
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国家科学评论(英文版)
ISSN: 2095-5138
Year: 2024
Issue: 7
Volume: 11
Page: 20-26
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