State with spontaneously broken time-reversal symmetry above the superconducting phase transition

V Grinenko, D Weston, F Caglieris, C Wuttke, C Hess… - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The most well-known example of an ordered quantum state—superconductivity—is caused
by the formation and condensation of pairs of electrons. Fundamentally, what distinguishes …

Two-component nematic superconductivity in 4Hb-TaS2

I Silber, S Mathimalar, I Mangel, AK Nayak… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Most superconductors have an isotropic, single component order parameter and are well
described by the standard (BCS) theory for superconductivity. Unconventional, multiple …

Charge- Superconductivity from Multicomponent Nematic Pairing: Application to Twisted Bilayer Graphene

RM Fernandes, L Fu - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
We show that unconventional nematic superconductors with multicomponent order
parameter in lattices with three-and sixfold rotational symmetries support a charge-4 e …

Dimensionality crossover to a two-dimensional vestigial nematic state from a three-dimensional antiferromagnet in a honeycomb van der Waals magnet

Z Sun, G Ye, C Zhou, M Huang, N Huang, X Xu, Q Li… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
The effects of fluctuations and disorder, which are substantially enhanced in reduced
dimensionalities, can play a crucial role in producing non-trivial phases of matter such as …

High-sensitivity heat-capacity measurements on Sr2RuO4 under uniaxial pressure

YS Li, N Kikugawa, DA Sokolov… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
A key question regarding the unconventional superconductivity of S r 2 R u O 4 remains
whether the order parameter is single-or two-component. Under a hypothesis of two …

Charge- Superconductivity from Nematic Superconductors in Two and Three Dimensions

SK Jian, Y Huang, H Yao - Physical review letters, 2021 - APS
Charge-4 e superconductivity as a novel phase of matter remains elusive so far. Here, we
show that charge-4e phase can arise as a vestigial order above the nematic …

Spin-triplet superconductivity from excitonic effect in doped insulators

V Crépel, L Fu - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Despite being of fundamental importance and potential interest for topological quantum
computing, spin-triplet superconductors remain rare in solid state materials after decades of …

Critical Nematic Phase with Pseudogaplike Behavior in Twisted Bilayers

V Gali, M Hecker, RM Fernandes - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
The crystallographic restriction theorem constrains two-dimensional nematicity to display
either Ising (Z 2) or three-state-Potts (Z 3) critical behaviors, both of which are dominated by …

Strain-induced time reversal breaking and half quantum vortices near a putative superconducting tetracritical point in

AC Yuan, E Berg, SA Kivelson - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
It has been shown that many seemingly contradictory experimental findings concerning the
superconducting state in Sr 2 RuO 4 can be accounted for as resulting from the existence of …

Evidence for the Fulde–Ferrell–Larkin–Ovchinnikov state in bulk NbS2

C Cho, J Lyu, CY Ng, JJ He, KT Lo, D Chareev… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
We present measurements of the magnetic torque, specific heat and thermal expansion of
the bulk transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) superconductor NbS2 in high magnetic …