Pressure-induced reemergence of superconductivity in BaIr2Ge7 and Ba3Ir4Ge16 with cage structures

Cuiying Pei; Tianping Ying; Yi Zhao; Lingling Gao; Weizheng Cao; Changhua Li; Hideo Hosono; Yanpeng Qi

doi:10.1063/5.0088235

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