Re-entrant superconductivity at an oxide heterointerfaceA magnetic field typically suppresses superconductivity by either breaking Cooper pairs via the Zeeman effect or inducing vortex formation. However, under certain circumstances, a magnetic field can…D. Maryenko, M. Kawamura, I. V. Maznichenko et al.·Oct 2, 2025SaveLearn
Energy density driven ultrafast electronic excitations in a cuprate superconductorControlling nonequilibrium dynamics in quantum materials requires ultrafast probes with spectral selectivity. We report femtosecond reflectivity measurements on the cuprate superconductor…Alessandra Milloch, Francesco Proietto, Naman Agarwal et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
Second ac screening step as a probe for the first-order melting transition in layered vortex matter at intermediate temperaturesWe present a new probe for the first-order transition for layered vortex matter: A second step in the screening of an ac field that is independent of the frequency and amplitude of the excitation.…Gonzalo Rumi, Pablo Pedrazzini, Hernán Pastoriza et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
Reply to "Limitations of detecting structural changes and time-reversal symmetry breaking in scanning tunneling microscopy experiments"In their comment, the authors attribute our observations of light- and magnetic-field-induced manipulation of the CDW state in RbV3Sb5 to random experimental artifacts such as tip changes, drift, and…Yuqing Xing, Seokjin Bae, Stephen D. Wilson et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
An InAsSb surface quantum well with in-situ deposited Nb as a platform for semiconductor-superconductor hybrid devicesWe present a novel semiconductor-superconductor hybrid material based on a molecular beam epitaxially grown InAsSb surface quantum well with an in-situ deposited Nb top layer. Relative to…Sjoerd Telkamp, Zijin Lei, Tommaso Antonelli et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
Large superconducting diode effect driven by edge states in twisted iron-chalcogenide Josephson junctionsThe superconducting diode effect (SDE)-the unidirectional, dissipationless flow of supercurrent-is a critical element for future superconducting electronics. Achieving high efficiency under zero…Xiangyu Zeng, Renjie Zhang, Guoliang Guo et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
Field-free Superconducting Diode Effect in FeTe0.55Se0.45The superconducting diode effect (SDE) - the asymmetry of critical currents with respect to current direction - is a pivotal advancement in non-reciprocal superconductivity. While SDE has been…Peng Dong, Jinghui Wang, Yanjiang Wang et al.·Oct 1, 2025SaveLearn
Interplay of competing bond-order and loop-current fluctuations as a possible mechanism for superconductivity in kagome metalsThe pairing symmetry and underlying mechanism for superconducting state of AV3Sb5 (A=K, Rb, Cs) kagome metal has been a topic of intense investigation. In this work, we consider an 8-band…Asimpunya Mitra, Daniel J. Schultz, Yong Baek Kim·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Superconducting Gap Structures in Wallpaper Fermion SystemsWe theoretically investigate the superconducting gap structures in wallpaper fermions, which are surface states of topological nonsymmorphic crystalline insulators, based on a two-dimensional…Kaito Yoda, Ai Yamakage·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Magneto-Tunable Thermal Diode Based on Bulk SuperconductorThermal diode is a growing technology and important for active thermal flow control. Since the theoretical designing of thermal diode in 2004, various kinds of solid-state thermal diodes have been…Poonam Rani, Masayuki Mashiko, Keisuke Hirata et al.·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Half-filled metal and molecular-orbital-mediated pairing in cuprateThe cuprates exhibit anomalous momentum-space structure with antinodal gap and nodal arc in the underdoped regime, which evolves into a complete hole-type Fermi surface with a large Luttinger volume…Sixuan Chen, Zhiheng Yao, Ning Xia et al.·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Growth Optimization of MoSi Thin Film and Measurement of Transport Critical Current Density of its Meander StructureAmorphous thin film superconductors are promising alternatives for the development of superconducting radiation detectors, especially superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPDs) and…Shekhar Chandra Pandey Shilpam Sharma, M. K. Chattopadhyay·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Effect of Deposition Pressure on the Superconductivity of Ti40V60 Alloy Thin FilmsThe growth and characterization of high quality superconducting thin films is essential for fundamental understanding and also for the use of these films in technological applications. In the present…Shekhar Chandra Pandey, Shilpam Sharma, R. Venkatesh et al.·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Universal electronic structure of multi-layered nickelates via oxygen-centered planar orbitalsSuperconductivity has been demonstrated in the family of multi-layered nickelates La3Ni2O7 and La4Ni3O10. Key questions remain open regarding the low-energy electronic states that…Christine C. Au-Yeung, X. Chen, S. Smit et al.·Sep 30, 2025SaveLearn
Room-Temperature Superconductivity at 298 K in Ternary La-Sc-H System at High-pressure ConditionsRoom-temperature superconductor has been a century-long dream of humankind. Recent research on hydrogen-based superconductors (e.g., CaH6, LaH10, etc.) at high-pressure conditions lifts the record of…Yinggang Song, Chuanheng Ma, Hongbo Wang et al.·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Electropolishing-Induced Topographic Defects in Niobium: Insights and Implications for Superconducting Radio Frequency ApplicationsElectropolishing is the premier surface preparation method for high-Q, high-gradient superconducting RF cavities made of Nb. This leaves behind an apparently smooth surface, yet the achievable peak…Oleksandr Hryhorenko, Anne-Marie Valente-Feliciano, Eric M. Lechner·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Anisotropy by design in superconducting Nb thin films via ultrashort pulse laser irradiationThe ability to fabricate anisotropic superconducting layers a la carte is desired in technologies such as fluxon screening or removal in field-resilient devices, flux lensing in ultra-sensitive…Javier Frechilla, Nicolas Lejeune, Elena Martínez et al.·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Spontaneous π flux trapping in granular rings of unconventional superconductorsWe study Josephson couplings in unconventional superconductors and generalize the Sigrist-Rice formula by incorporating symmetry constraints and interface orientation disorder. Applying this…Junyi Zhang, Yi Li·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Strong enhancement of d-wave superconductivity in an extended checkerboard Hubbard ladderBy employing the density-matrix renormalization group method, we study an extended checkerboard Hubbard model on the two-leg ladder, which includes an intraplaquette nearest-neighbour attraction V.…Xichen Huang, Saisai He, Jize Zhao et al.·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Guided Diffusion for the Discovery of New SuperconductorsThe inverse design of materials with specific desired properties, such as high-temperature superconductivity, represents a formidable challenge in materials science due to the vastness of chemical…Pawan Prakash, Jason B. Gibson, Zhongwei Li et al.·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Quantum superconducting diode effect with perfect efficiency above liquid-nitrogen temperatureThe superconducting diode is an emergent device that juggles between the Cooper-paired state and the resistive state with unpaired quasiparticles. Here, we report a quantum version of the…Heng Wang, Yuying Zhu, Zhonghua Bai et al.·Sep 29, 2025SaveLearn
Gap Inhomogeneity in Cuprates: a view from Two-Dimensional Josephson Echo SpectroscopyNovel theoretical developments have allowed to connect microscopic disorder in bosonic collective excitations to the signatures in two-dimensional terahertz spectroscopy (Gómez Salvador et al. 2025).…Alex Gómez Salvador, Ivan Morera, Marios H. Michael et al.·Sep 28, 2025SaveLearn
Metal-insulator transition in a CuO chain created by Kondo interactionOver twenty years ago Alexei Abrikosov [A.A. Abrikosov, Metal-insulator transition in layered cuprates (SDW model), Physica C: Supercond. Vol. 391, 2, 147-159 (2003)] considered the…Todor M. Mishonov, Albert M. Varonov, Kaloian D. Lozanov·Sep 27, 2025SaveLearn
Magnetic-field dependent vortex dynamics and critical currents in superconducting microwires with regular large-area perforation by pinholesWe report on results of simulations and experiments of vortex states in superconducting micro-wires with periodic rectangular pinhole structures. The simulations have been performed by means of…Dong Zhu, Ilya Charaev, Konstantin Ilin et al.·Sep 27, 2025SaveLearn
Superconductivity at 22.3 K in Compressed Sodium-intercalated GraphiteGraphite intercalation compounds (GICs) have long been recognized as promising candidates for high-temperature superconductivity by intercalation or charge doping, yet experimental progress has…Ming-Xing Huang, Yuan-Qing Liu, Chun-Mei Hao et al.·Sep 27, 2025SaveLearn