Evolution of inhomogeneities in two-dimensional disordered superconductors in a magnetic fieldEmerging granularity in superconducting films by tuning disorder is a well-studied topic, both theoretically and experimentally. However, the orbital magnetic field generates a vortex lattice and…Poulami Sarkar, Jhinhwan Lee, Hae Ryoung Park et al.·Nov 21, 2025SaveLearn
Flat band surface state superconductivity in thick rhombohedral grapheneRhombohedral multilayer graphene has recently emerged as a rich platform for studying correlation driven magnetic, topological and superconducting states. While most experimental efforts have focused…Yi Guo, Owen I. Sheekey, Trevor Arp et al.·Nov 21, 2025SaveLearn
Unconventional Geometric Phase in Twisted Junction of CupratesOriginally introduced in optics, the Pancharatnam-Berry phase is a general concept of geometric phase defined for any two interfering polarization states. In electronic systems, however, its…Zhigang Song, Kai Chang·Nov 21, 2025SaveLearn
Conventional superconductivity in single-crystalline BiPtBinary Bi-Pd/Pt systems have attracted a lot of interest because of their topologically non-trivial nature along with superconductivity. We report the structural and superconducting properties of…S. Sharma, M. Pula, Sajilesh K. P. et al.·Nov 20, 2025SaveLearn
Quantifying Twist Angles in Cuprate Heterostructures with Anisotropic Raman SignaturesArtificially engineered twisted van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures have unlocked new pathways for exploring emergent quantum phenomena and strongly correlated electronic states. Many of these…Flavia Lo Sardo, Marina Esposito, Tommaso Confalone et al.·Nov 20, 2025SaveLearn
Effect of a magnetic field up to 9 T on the temperature dependence of the pseudogap in YBa2Cu3O7-δ filmsThe work analyzes the effect of a magnetic field B directed along the c axis (B c) up to 9~T on the resistivity ρ(T), fluctuation conductivity (FLC) σ'(T) and pseudogap…A. S. Kolisnyk, M. V. Shytov, E. V. Petrenko et al.·Nov 20, 2025SaveLearn
Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition with enhanced phase stiffness in d-wave strongly coupled two-dimensional superconductorsWe reveal the key role of the d-wave symmetry of the superconducting gap in strongly coupled two-dimensional superconductors in determining the properties of the Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless…Sathish Kumar Paramasivam, Andrea Perali, Milorad V. Milošević·Nov 20, 2025SaveLearn
Preserving the Josephson Coupling of Twisted Cuprate Junctions via Tailored Silicon Nitride Circuits BoardsControlled fabrication of twisted van der Waals heterostructures is essential to unlock the full potential of moire materials. However, achieving reproducibility remains a major challenge,…Tommaso Confalone, Flavia Lo Sardo, Domenico Montemurro et al.·Nov 20, 2025SaveLearn
Moiré-induced gapped phases in twisted nodal superconductorsWe demonstrate the emergence of gapped phases driven by the moiré superlattice that trivialize the topological states in twisted nodal superconductors. The effect arises from umklapp tunneling…Kevin P. Lucht, J. H. Pixley, Pavel A. Volkov·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Recent progress of scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study of pair density wave in superconductorsA pair density wave (PDW) is a superconducting state characterized by an order parameter with finite center-of-mass momentum in the absence of an external magnetic field, thereby breaking the…Zi-Ang Wang, Bin Hu, Xianghe Han et al.·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Atomic Visualization of Bulk and Surface Superconductivity in Weyl Semimetal γ-PtBi2A bulk superconductor hosting intrinsic surface superconductivity provides a unique platform to study Majorana bound states. The superconductor, trigonal γ-PtBi2, is a promising candidate, as surface…Hao Zhang, Hui Chen, Zichen Huang et al.·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Interplay of spin-orbit coupling and trigonal crystal field enhances superconductivity in LaAlO3/KTaO3 (111)In conventional superconductors, bulk physical properties typically degrade as the film thickness approaches the two-dimensional (2D) limit. Here in the (111) oriented LaAlO3/KTaO3 (LAO/KTO)…Long Cheng, Jia Liu, Tongying Liu et al.·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Tuning Bound States of Symmetry-Breaking Vortices via Unidirectional Charge Density Wave in a Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide SuperconductorThe interplay between charge density wave (CDW) and superconducting vortex bound states are crucial for fundamental physics of superconductivity and advancing quantum nanotechnologies. However, the…Hao Zhang, Hui Chen, Zichen Huang et al.·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Microscopic Investigation of rf Vortex Nucleation in Nb3Sn Films Using a Near-Field Magnetic Microwave MicroscopeWe use a near-field magnetic microwave microscope to investigate and compare rf vortex nucleation in two superconducting radio-frequency (SRF)-quality Nb3Sn films fabricated by different methods: a…Chung-Yang Wang, Zeming Sun, Thomas Oseroff et al.·Nov 19, 2025SaveLearn
Full Shapiro spectroscopy of current-phase relationshipsExtracting the current-phase relationship (CPR) of a single superconducting junction is challenging in practice and traditionally involves embedding the junction in a larger superconducting circuit…Maxim Tjøtta, Devashish Shah, Kanishk Modi et al.·Nov 18, 2025SaveLearn
Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Two-Dimensional Superconducting BKT TransitionTwo-dimensional superconductors undergo a Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless transition driven by vortex-antivortex unbinding, yet experimental signatures beyond transport remain limited. Here, we show…Wei-Wei Yang, Shao-Hang Shi, Zongsheng Zhou et al.·Nov 17, 2025SaveLearn
A tractable framework for phase transitions in phase-fluctuating disordered 2D superconductors: applications to bilayer MoS2 and disordered InOx thin filmsStarting from the purely microscopic model, we go beyond conventional mean-field theory and develop a self-consistent microscopic thermodynamic framework for disordered 2D superconductors. It…F. Yang, L. Q. Chen·Nov 17, 2025SaveLearn
Effect of substrate miscut angle on critical thickness, structural and electronic properties of MBE-grown NbN films on c-plane sapphireWe report the structural and electronic properties of niobium nitride (NbN) thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy on c-plane sapphire with miscut angles of 0.5o, 2o,…Anand Ithepalli, Saumya Vashishtha, Naomi Pieczulewski et al.·Nov 17, 2025SaveLearn
Pressure-induced superconductivity in LaP2 with graphenelike phosphorus layerMaterials with graphene-like layers attract tremendous attention due to their electronic structures and superconducting properties. In this study, we synthesized LaP2 polycrystalline and observed a…Mingxin Zhang, Cuiying Pei, Bangshuai Zhu et al.·Nov 17, 2025SaveLearn
Enhanced Superconductivity at Quantum-Critical KTaO3 InterfacesSuperconductivity at oxide interfaces has intrigued researchers for decades, yet the underlying pairing mechanism remains elusive. Here we demonstrate that proximity to a ferroelectric quantum…Jieun Kim, Muqing Yu, Ahmed Omran et al.·Nov 17, 2025SaveLearn
Enhanced coherence in the periodically driven two-dimensional XY modelStrong optical drives have been shown to induce transient superconducting-like response in materials above their equilibrium Tc. Many of these materials already exhibit short-range superconducting…Duilio De Santis, Marios H. Michael, Sambuddha Chattopadhyay et al.·Nov 15, 2025SaveLearn
Topological Theory of Helium 4In this paper we attempt to construct the topological theory of superfluid helium 4 in the framework of the (rigid) U(1) model in which the initial U(1) group is destroyed with appearance of…Leonid Lantsman·Nov 14, 2025SaveLearn
Interpretable descriptors enable prediction of hydrogen-based superconductors at moderate pressuresRoom temperature superconductivity remains elusive, and hydrogen-base compounds despite remarkable transition temperatures(Tc) typically require extreme pressures that hinder application. To…Jiawei Chen, Junhao Peng, Yanwei Liang et al.·Nov 14, 2025SaveLearn
Multiple correlation lengths and type-1.5 superconductivity in U(1) superconductors due to hidden competition between irreducible representations of nonlocal pairingA fundamental characteristic of a superconducting state is the coherence length ξ. Multicomponent superconductors, particularly ones breaking multiple symmetries, are characterized by multiple…Anton Talkachov, Paul Leask, Egor Babaev·Nov 14, 2025SaveLearn
Optical Properties of Superconducting K0.8Fe1.7(Se0.73S0.27)2 Single CrystalsThe optical properties of the superconducting K0.8Fe1.7(Se0.73S0.27)2 single crystals with a critical temperature Tc≈ 26 K have been measured in the ab plane in…Andrei Muratov, Yevgeny Rakhmanov, Andrei Shilov et al.·Nov 14, 2025SaveLearn