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In WO3 doped with Na (WO3:Na) an Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) signal with unresolved fine and/or hyperfine structure is detected and used as a probe for the state of the carriers. Using the saturation method we determined the spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/ T 1 of these paramagnetic centers. Upon cooling below 100 K, 1/ T 1 decreases markedly, as known to occur in NMR when a gap opens in the superconducting state. At low temperatures, 1/ T 1 quantitatively follows BCS behavior with a gap Δ= 160 K or2Δ/kTc=3.5. The magnetic susceptibility exhibits a strong difference between magnetic-field cooled and zero-field cooled regimes below Tc which also supports a so far unknown superconducting phase resulting from Na doping.
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Received 14 April 1999 and Received in final form 6 September 1999
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Shengelaya, A., Reich, S., Tsabba, Y. et al. Electron spin resonance and magnetic susceptibility suggest superconductivity in Na doped WO3samples. Eur. Phys. J. B 12, 13–15 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050969
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050969