Iron pnictides and chalcogenides: a new paradigm for superconductivity

RM Fernandes, AI Coldea, H Ding, IR Fisher… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Superconductivity is a remarkably widespread phenomenon that is observed in most metals
cooled to very low temperatures. The ubiquity of such conventional superconductors, and …

On the remarkable superconductivity of FeSe and its close cousins

A Kreisel, PJ Hirschfeld, BM Andersen - Symmetry, 2020 - mdpi.com
Emergent electronic phenomena in iron-based superconductors have been at the forefront
of condensed matter physics for more than a decade. Much has been learned about the …

Evidence of topological boundary modes with topological nodal-point superconductivity

AK Nayak, A Steinbok, Y Roet, J Koo, G Margalit… - Nature physics, 2021 - nature.com
Topological superconductors are an essential component for topologically protected
quantum computation and information processing. Although signatures of topological …

Probing topological quantum matter with scanning tunnelling microscopy

JX Yin, SH Pan, M Zahid Hasan - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The search for topological phases of matter is evolving towards strongly interacting systems,
including magnets and superconductors, where exotic effects emerge from the quantum …

Straintronics with van der Waals materials

F Miao, SJ Liang, B Cheng - npj Quantum Materials, 2021 - nature.com
With the outstanding mechanical properties, van der Waals (vdW) materials have attracted
extensive attention in the research of straintronics in the past decade. In this perspective, we …

Detecting and distinguishing Majorana zero modes with the scanning tunnelling microscope

B Jäck, Y **e, A Yazdani - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
One of the most exciting areas of research in quantum condensed matter physics is the push
to create topologically protected qubits using non-Abelian anyons. The focus of these efforts …

Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators

P Wang, J Ge, J Li, Y Liu, Y Xu, J Wang - The Innovation, 2021 - cell.com
Introducing magnetism into topological insulators breaks time-reversal symmetry, and the
magnetic exchange interaction can open a gap in the otherwise gapless topological surface …

Pair density wave state in a monolayer high-Tc iron-based superconductor

Y Liu, T Wei, G He, Y Zhang, Z Wang, J Wang - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The pair density wave (PDW) is an extraordinary superconducting state in which Cooper
pairs carry non-zero momentum,. Evidence for the existence of intrinsic PDW order in high …

Comprehensive review on topological superconducting materials and interfaces

MM Sharma, P Sharma, NK Karn… - Superconductor …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconductivity in topological materials has drawn significant interest from the scientific
community as these materials provide a hint of the existence of Majorana fermions …

Electronic quantum materials simulated with artificial model lattices

SE Freeney, MR Slot, TS Gardenier, I Swart… - ACS Nanoscience …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The band structure and electronic properties of a material are defined by the sort of
elements, the atomic registry in the crystal, the dimensions, the presence of spin–orbit …