Self-calibrating thermal interferometry of vortex parity in a two-dimensional chiral superconductorA chiral superconductor carries chiral Majorana modes along its boundary, and the integer that counts them fixes everything that follows, yet that integer has never been measured together with a…Kumar Ghosh·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Large Field-Free Superconducting Diode Effect with Nonmonotonic Polarity Reversals in NbSe2/CrBr3 HeterostructuresThe superconducting diode effect (SDE), characterized by nonreciprocal dissipationless supercurrent, offers a promising route toward ultralow-power superconducting electronics. Yet most realizations…Shengbiao Sun, Lang Xiao, Chenghao Shen et al.·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Ultrasonic attenuation in inhomogeneous superconductorsSubgap bound states can produce pronounced features in the density of states without necessarily giving rise to a corresponding signal in ultrasonic attenuation. We show that the coherence factors…Aman Sardwal, Andreas Kreisel, Shantanu Mukherjee·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Emergent BEC mechanism in flat-band superconductorsThe formation of bound bosonic pairs of fermions, followed by their Bose-Einstein (quasi) condensation (BEC), is a foundational mechanism of superconductivity. At low filling, flat-band…V. Berger, I. S. Tupitsyn, B. Currie et al.·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Synthesis and stability of high-Tc LaH10δ films at high pressuresHigh-pressure hydrides hold the record for the highest superconducting critical temperatures across all classes of superconductors. Currently lanthanum decahydride, LaH10, exhibits the highest…Sam Cross, William Thomas, Lawrence Nobbs et al.·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Predicting critical temperature in quantum simulators for high-Tc superconductivity: the matrix product state plus mean field approachQuantum simulation based on ultra cold atomic lattice gases is one of the most promising platforms to investigate high-Tc superconductivity beyond the limited capabilities of quantum many body…Thomas Köhler, Adrian Kantian·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Magnetism and Electrical Conduction in Lightly-Doped Single-Layer High-Tc Cuprate La2CuO4+δThe temperature dependences of magnetization and electrical resistivity as well as their magnetic field dependences have been examined in lightly-doped single-layer cuprate…Kota Miyakoshi, Yuya Kinugawa, Shusei Mizuta et al.·Aug 19, 2026SaveLearn
Engineering kekule superconductivity from layer-selective interactions in rhombohedral grapheneAt weak coupling, finite-momentum superconductivity is typically associated with broken time-reversal or inversion symmetry of the Fermi surface. Here, we show that lattice-scale pair-density-wave…Hung Dinh Nguyen, Yafis Barlas·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Entropy mapping under uniaxial pressure utilizing the elastocaloric effectUniaxial pressure is a powerful tuning parameter for quantum materials, but conventional thermodynamic probes such as specific heat are difficult to realize in the constrained geometries of strain…Zhenhai Hu, You-Sheng Li, Aleksei V. Frolov et al.·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Bridging ambient- and high-pressure superconductivity in La2LnNi2O7 filmsThe discovery of high critical-temperature Tc superconductivity near 80 K in bilayer nickelates under high pressure has sparked extensive studies. While superconductivity exceeding 40 K…Motoki Osada, Chieko Terakura, Shusaku Imajo et al.·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Unconventional Pressure Evolution of Spin-Density-Wave State in La3Ni2O7The discovery of pressure-induced high temperature superconductivity in the bilayer nickelate La3Ni2O7 has raised the question of how its spin-density-wave (SDW) state evolves toward…Xiaoxiang Zhou, Shiyu Xie, Liangxin Qiao et al.·Aug 18, 2026SaveLearn
Demonstration of a scalable all-solid-state refrigerator exploiting diffusion geometries and limiting interfacial conductances at temperatures below 1 kelvinSolid-state refrigerators using Normal-metal/Insulator/Superconductor (NIS) junctions have previously demonstrated excellent electron cooling but limited ability to cool phonons. The energy gap of…Robert M. Young, Zachary Stegen, John X. Przybysz et al.·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Theory of Magnetic Excitations in the Heavy-Fermion Spin-Triplet Superconductor UTe2We study the dynamical spin response of UTe2 by using a mixed-dimensional periodic Anderson model. Within the BCS-RPA formalism, we examine how the f-orbital character of the quasiparticles…Koki Shimura, Shuntaro Sumita, Yusuke Kato·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Superconducting Tc up to 20.6 K in bulk YSi2 and YSi2/Si superlattices due to chemical flatteningCurrently, the fundamental building blocks of leading quantum computers are Josephson junctions, whose core is usually the superconducting Al on Si wafers. However, the transition temperature…Ding-qing Li, Chong Tian, Juan Du et al.·Aug 17, 2026SaveLearn
Identification and electrothermal modeling of persistent current switch operating regimes in a Siemens MRI magnet using external electrical measurementsThe persistent current switch (PCS) closes the superconducting loop of an MRI magnet. During ramping it is commonly treated as a binary element: with the heater on, the PCS branch is assumed…Volodymyr Pupkov·Aug 16, 2026SaveLearn
Superconducting Hydride Mg2RhH6 Experimentally Achieved at Lower PressureAlthough tremendous progress has been made in recent years in the field of polyhydride superconductors, the realization of high critical temperature superconductivity still relies on formidable high…Linjing Wu, Zelong Wang, Guiqi Liu et al.·Aug 16, 2026SaveLearn
Josephson network as a model for high-temperature superconductor and beyond: Macroscopic quantum coherence probed by microwave absorptionSince the seminal experiment by Stankowski et al. [Phys. Rev. B 36, 7126 (1987)] on YBa2Cu3O7-x, Magnetically-Modulated Microwave Absorption (MMMA) has become an important technique for…Adam Rycerz·Aug 15, 2026SaveLearn
Anharmonicity and Nonadiabaticity in Hydride SuperconductorsWe study superconductivity in representative hydrides using anharmonic phonons, electron-phonon vertex corrections, and full-bandwidth Eliashberg theory. The high-pressure binary hydrides H3S, YH6,…Shashi B. Mishra, Francesco Belli, Eva Zurek et al.·Aug 15, 2026SaveLearn
Rapid supercurrent decay in Mn5Si3 Josephson junctionsTheoretical work predicts that Josephson junctions containing metallic altermagnetic barriers should display 0-π transitions of the critical current as a function of both barrier thickness and…Arjun Sapkota, Kurt Lorenzen, Tyler Kuhn et al.·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
No-Go Theorem and Routes towards Cavity-Enhanced SuperconductivityRecent experiments reporting cavity-vacuum-modified superconductivity raise a fundamental question: under what conditions can vacuum electromagnetic fluctuations increase a superconducting transition…Qing-Dong Jiang·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Simplified Silicon Nitride Nanomembrane Circuits for van der Waals IntegrationTwo-dimensional (2D) materials and van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures provide an exceptional platform for engineering quantum devices, yet realizing their potential requires electrical integration…Tommaso Confalone, Vasilisa Gerega, Flavia Lo Sardo et al.·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Superconductivity in strongly overdoped cuprates: beyond the single-band modelIn order to explain the observation of an extended superconducting region in several overdoped cuprates, which contrasts the dome scenario, by means of neutron and synchrotron x-ray powder…Ruichao Chen, Linda Sederholm, Yannick Klein et al.·Aug 14, 2026SaveLearn
Complete Suppression of Thermomagnetic Instabilities in Nb Superconducting Films by Combined Metallic Layers and Ion IrradiationThermomagnetic instabilities in superconducting films can trigger flux avalanches that disrupt the critical state and impair the performance of superconducting devices. Here we investigate the…D. Carmo, A. M. H. de Andrade, R. Giulian et al.·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
Insight into SRF cavity performance from simulations of Nb's surface oxide dissolution and diffusionWe report simulations of the dissolution and diffusion of Nb's surface oxide layer in vacuum. While this chemical doping process is important for the surface preparation of Nb superconducting…Ryan M. L. McFadden, Rowan Becker, Tobias Junginger·Aug 13, 2026SaveLearn
The nature of the "pseudogap" in the insulating phase of highly disordered superconductorsDisordered thin films undergoing a superconductor-insulator transition provide a controlled setting for studying pseudogap physics in the absence of competing electronic orders. Although theory…Mark Nikolaevsky, Abhisek Samanta, Nandini Trivedi et al.·Aug 12, 2026SaveLearn