Structural phase transition, precursory electronic anomaly, and strong-coupling superconductivity in quasi-skutterudite (Sr1−<italic>x</italic>Ca<italic>x</italic>)3Ir4Sn13 and Ca3Rh4Sn13<xref rid="cpb_27_7_077401fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_7_077401fn1"> <label>*</label>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674377 and 11634015), the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0302904 and 2016YFA0300502), and the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07020200). J. Y. is supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS.</fn>

Structural phase transition, precursory electronic anomaly, and strong-coupling superconductivity in quasi-skutterudite (Sr_1−xCa_x)₃Ir₄Sn₁₃ and Ca₃Rh₄Sn₁₃* *

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674377 and 11634015), the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0302904 and 2016YFA0300502), and the Strategic Priority Research Program (B) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB07020200). J. Y. is supported by the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS.

Luo Jun^{1, 2}, Yang Jie^{1, †}, Maeda S³, Li Zheng^{1, 2}, Zheng Guo-Qing^{1, 2, 3, ‡}

(color online) (a) The relationship between (T₁T)^−1/2 and K for Ca₃RH₄Sn₁₃, with temperature as an implicit parameter. The red solid line is a linear fitting to the data above T = 20 K. The solid violet squares and open violet squares represent points above and below 20 K, respectively. (b) The Korringa ratio as a function of temperature for (Sr_1−xCa_x)₃Ir₄Sn₁₃ (x = 0, 0.5, 1) and Ca₃RH₄Sn₁₃. The dash arrows indicate T*. The solid arrows indicate T_s. The dashed straight line is the guide to the eyes.