New directions in the pursuit of Majorana fermions in solid state systems

J Alicea - Reports on progress in physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The 1937 theoretical discovery of Majorana fermions—whose defining property is that they
are their own anti-particles—has since impacted diverse problems ranging from neutrino …

Strong correlations from Hund's coupling

A Georges, L Medici, J Mravlje - Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Strong electronic correlations are often associated with the proximity of a Mott-insulating
state. In recent years however, it has become increasingly clear that the Hund's rule …

Nematic Fermi fluids in condensed matter physics

E Fradkin, SA Kivelson, MJ Lawler… - Annu. Rev. Condens …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Correlated electron fluids can exhibit a startling array of complex phases, among which one
of the more surprising is the electron nematic, a translationally invariant metallic phase with …

High-order Van Hove singularities and their connection to flat bands

L Classen, JJ Betouras - Annual Review of Condensed Matter …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The flattening of single-particle band structures plays an important role in the quest for novel
quantum states of matter owing to the crucial role of interactions. Recent advances in theory …

Evaluation of Spin-Triplet Superconductivity in Sr2RuO4

Y Maeno, S Kittaka, T Nomura, S Yonezawa… - Journal of the Physical …, 2011 - journals.jps.jp
This review presents a summary and evaluations of the superconducting properties of the
layered ruthenate Sr 2 RuO 4 as they are known in the autumn of 2011. This paper appends …

Unconventional superconductivity

GR Stewart - Advances in Physics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
'Conventional'superconductivity, as used in this review, refers to electron–phonon-coupled
superconducting electron pairs described by BCS theory. Unconventional superconductivity …

Strong Increase of Tc of Sr2RuO4 Under Both Tensile and Compressive Strain

CW Hicks, DO Brodsky, EA Yelland, AS Gibbs… - Science, 2014 - science.org
A sensitive probe of unconventional order is its response to a symmetry-breaking field. To
probe the proposed px±ipy topological superconducting state of Sr2RuO4, we have …

Strong peak in Tc of Sr2RuO4 under uniaxial pressure

A Steppke, L Zhao, ME Barber, T Scaffidi… - Science, 2017 - science.org
INTRODUCTION A central challenge of modern condensed matter physics is to understand
the range of possible collective states formed by assemblies of strongly interacting electrons …

Elastocaloric determination of the phase diagram of Sr2RuO4

YS Li, M Garst, J Schmalian, S Ghosh, N Kikugawa… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
One of the main developments in unconventional superconductivity in the past two decades
has been the discovery that most unconventional superconductors form phase diagrams that …

Designing and controlling the properties of transition metal oxide quantum materials

C Ahn, A Cavalleri, A Georges, S Ismail-Beigi… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
This Perspective addresses the design, creation, characterization and control of synthetic
quantum materials with strong electronic correlations. We show how emerging synergies …