What drives nematic order in iron-based superconductors?

RM Fernandes, AV Chubukov, J Schmalian - Nature physics, 2014 - nature.com
Although the existence of nematic order in iron-based superconductors is now a well-
established experimental fact, its origin remains controversial. Nematic order breaks the …

Iron-based superconductors: Current status of materials and pairing mechanism

H Hosono, K Kuroki - Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 2015 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of high T c iron-based superconductors in early 2008, more than 15,000
papers have been published as a result of intensive research. This paper describes the …

Mechanism of exotic density-wave and beyond-Migdal unconventional superconductivity in kagome metal AV3Sb5 (A = K, Rb, Cs)

R Tazai, Y Yamakawa, S Onari, H Kontani - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
Exotic quantum phase transitions in metals, such as the electronic nematic state, have been
discovered one after another and found to be universal now. The emergence of …

Nematicity and nematic fluctuations in iron-based superconductors

AE Böhmer, JH Chu, S Lederer, M Yi - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
The spontaneous reduction of rotational symmetry in a crystalline solid driven by an
electronic mechanism is referred to as electronic nematicity. This phenomenon—initially …

Classification of atomic-scale multipoles under crystallographic point groups and application to linear response tensors

S Hayami, M Yatsushiro, Y Yanagi, H Kusunose - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
Four types of atomic-scale multipoles (electric, magnetic, magnetic toroidal, and electric
toroidal multipoles) give a complete set to describe arbitrary degrees of freedom for coupled …

A quantum critical point lying beneath the superconducting dome in iron pnictides

T Shibauchi, A Carrington… - Annu. Rev. Condens …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Whether a quantum critical point (QCP) lies beneath the superconducting dome has been a
long-standing issue that remains unresolved in many classes of unconventional …

Charge-loop current order and Z3 nematicity mediated by bond order fluctuations in kagome metals

R Tazai, Y Yamakawa, H Kontani - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Recent experiments on geometrically frustrated kagome metal A V3Sb5 (A= K, Rb, Cs) have
revealed the emergence of the charge loop current (cLC) order near the bond order (BO) …

Exploration of new superconductors and functional materials, and fabrication of superconducting tapes and wires of iron pnictides

H Hosono, K Tanabe… - … and Technology of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This review shows the highlights of a 4-year-long research project supported by the
Japanese Government to explore new superconducting materials and relevant functional …

Strong interplay between stripe spin fluctuations, nematicity and superconductivity in FeSe

Q Wang, Y Shen, B Pan, Y Hao, M Ma, F Zhou… - Nature materials, 2016 - nature.com
In iron-based superconductors the interactions driving the nematic order (that breaks four-
fold rotational symmetry in the iron plane) may also mediate the Cooper pairing. The …

Charge-density-wave order with momentum and within the spin-fermion model: Continuous and discrete symmetry breaking, preemptive composite order …

Y Wang, A Chubukov - Physical Review B, 2014 - APS
We analyze charge order in hole-doped cuprates within the the spin-fermion model. We
show that a magnetically mediated interaction, which is known to give rise to d-wave …