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 …

High-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides and chalcogenides

Q Si, R Yu, E Abrahams - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Superconductivity develops in metals upon the formation of a coherent macroscopic
quantum state of electron pairs. Iron pnictides and chalcogenides are materials that have …

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 …

Selective Mott physics as a key to iron superconductors

L de'Medici, G Giovannetti, M Capone - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We show that electron-and hole-doped BaFe 2 As 2 are strongly influenced by a Mott
insulator that would be realized for half-filled conduction bands. Experiments show that …

Colloquium: The unexpected properties of alkali metal iron <?format ?>selenide superconductors

E Dagotto - Reviews of modern physics, 2013 - APS
The iron-based superconductors that contain FeAs layers as the fundamental building block
in the crystal structures have been rationalized in the past using ideas based on the Fermi …

Orbital-Selective Mott Phase in Multiorbital Models for Alkaline Iron Selenides

R Yu, Q Si - Physical Review Letters, 2013 - APS
We study a multiorbital model for the alkaline iron selenides K 1-x Fe 2-y Se 2 using a slave-
spin method. With or without ordered vacancies, we identify a metal-to-Mott-insulator …

Double-Q spin-density wave in iron arsenide superconductors

JM Allred, KM Taddei, DE Bugaris, MJ Krogstad… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Elucidating the nature of the magnetic ground state of iron-based superconductors is of
paramount importance in unveiling the mechanism behind their high-temperature …

Hundness versus Mottness in a three-band Hubbard–Hund model: On the origin of strong correlations in Hund metals

KM Stadler, G Kotliar, A Weichselbaum, J von Delft - Annals of Physics, 2019 - Elsevier
Hund metals are multi-orbital systems with moderate Coulomb interaction, U, among
charges and sizeable Hund's rule coupling, J (< U), that aligns the spins in different orbitals …

Orbital-selective pairing and superconductivity in iron selenides

EM Nica, R Yu, Q Si - npj Quantum Materials, 2017 - nature.com
An important challenge in condensed matter physics is understanding iron-based
superconductors. Among these systems, the iron selenides hold the record for highest …

Electronic correlations in Hund metals

L Fanfarillo, E Bascones - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
To clarify the nature of correlations in Hund metals and its relationship with Mott physics we
analyze the electronic correlations in multiorbital systems as a function of intraorbital …