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Thomsen SR, Goesten MG. Symmetry-Shaped Singularities in High-Temperature Superconductor H 3S. J Am Chem Soc 2024. [PMID: 38916582 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c02038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/26/2024]
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The superconducting critical temperature of H3S ranks among the highest measured, at 203 K. This impressive value stems from a singularity in the electronic density-of-states, induced by a flat-band region that consists of saddle points. The peak sits right at the Fermi level, so that it gives rise to a giant electron-phonon coupling constant. In this work, we show how atomic orbital interactions and space group symmetry work in concert to shape the singularity. The body-centered cubic Brillouin Zone offers a unique 2D hypersurface in reciprocal space: fully connecting squares with two different high-symmetry points at the corners, Γ and H, and a third one in the center, N. Orbital mixing leads to the collapse of fully connected 1D saddle point lines around the square centers, due to a symmetry-enforced s-p energy inversion between Γ and H. The saddle-point states are invariably nonbonding, which explains the unconventionally weak response of the superconductor's critical temperature to pressure. Although H3S appears to be a unique case, the theory shows how it is possible to engineer flat bands and singularities in 3D lattices through symmetry considerations.
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- Sebastian R Thomsen
- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
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Ishtiyak M, Watts SR, Thipe B, Womack F, Adams P, Bai X, Young DP, Bobev S, Baranets S. Advancing Heteroanionicity in Zintl Phases: Crystal Structures, Thermoelectric and Magnetic Properties of Two Quaternary Semiconducting Arsenide Oxides, Eu 8Zn 2As 6O and Eu 14Zn 5As 12O. Inorg Chem 2024. [PMID: 38904454 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.4c01580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/22/2024]
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Two novel quaternary oxyarsenides, Eu8Zn2As6O and Eu14Zn5As12O, were synthesized through metal flux reactions, and their crystal structures were established by single-crystal X-ray diffraction methods. Eu8Zn2As6O crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbca, featuring polyanionic ribbons composed of corner-shared triangular [ZnAs3] units, running along the [100] direction. The structure of Eu14Zn5As12O crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P2/m and its anionic substructure can be described as an infinite "ribbonlike" chain comprised of [ZnAs3] trigonal-planar units, although the structural complexity here is greater and also amplified by disorder on multiple crystallographic positions. In both structures, the O2- anion occupies an octahedral void with six neighboring Eu2+ cations. Formal electron counting, electronic structure calculations, and transport properties reveal the charge-balanced semiconducting nature of these heteroanionic Zintl phases. High-temperature thermoelectric transport properties measurements on Eu14Zn5As12O reveal relatively high resistivity (ρ500K = 8 Ω·cm) and Seebeck coefficient values (S500K = 220 μV K-1), along with a low concentration and mobility of holes as the dominant charge-carriers (n500K = 8.0 × 1017 cm-3, μ500K = 6.4 cm2/V s). Magnetic studies indicate the presence of divalent Eu2+ species in Eu14Zn5As12O and complex magnetic ordering, with two transitions observed at T1 = 21.6 K and T2 = 9 K.
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- Mohd Ishtiyak
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, United States
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Sakakibara H, Kitamine N, Ochi M, Kuroki K. Possible High T_{c} Superconductivity in La_{3}Ni_{2}O_{7} under High Pressure through Manifestation of a Nearly Half-Filled Bilayer Hubbard Model. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:106002. [PMID: 38518340 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.106002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024]
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Inspired by a recent experiment showing that La_{3}Ni_{2}O_{7} exhibits high T_{c} superconductivity under high pressure, we theoretically revisit the possibility of superconductivity in this material. We find that superconductivity can take place, which is somewhat similar to that of the bilayer Hubbard model consisting of the Ni 3d_{3z^{2}-r^{2}} orbitals. Although the coupling with the 3d_{x^{2}-y^{2}} orbitals degrades superconductivity, T_{c} can still be high enough to understand the experiment thanks to the very high T_{c} reached in the bilayer Hubbard model.
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- Hirofumi Sakakibara
- Advanced Mechanical and Electronic System Research Center(AMES), Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University, 4-10 Koyama-cho, Tottori, Tottori 680-8552, Japan
- Computational Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
- Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Gu Y, Liu Z, Xie T, Zhang W, Gong D, Hu D, Ma X, Li C, Zhao L, Lin L, Xu Z, Tan G, Chen G, Meng ZY, Yang YF, Luo H, Li S. Unified Phase Diagram for Iron-Based Superconductors. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:157001. [PMID: 29077435 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.157001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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High-temperature superconductivity is closely adjacent to a long-range antiferromagnet, which is called a parent compound. In cuprates, all parent compounds are alike and carrier doping leads to superconductivity, so a unified phase diagram can be drawn. However, the properties of parent compounds for iron-based superconductors show significant diversity and both carrier and isovalent dopings can cause superconductivity, which casts doubt on the idea that there exists a unified phase diagram for them. Here we show that the ordered moments in a variety of iron pnictides are inversely proportional to the effective Curie constants of their nematic susceptibility. This unexpected scaling behavior suggests that the magnetic ground states of iron pnictides can be achieved by tuning the strength of nematic fluctuations. Therefore, a unified phase diagram can be established where superconductivity emerges from a hypothetical parent compound with a large ordered moment but weak nematic fluctuations, which suggests that iron-based superconductors are strongly correlated electron systems.
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- Yanhong Gu
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190, China
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The Road Map toward Room-Temperature Superconductivity: Manipulating Different Pairing Channels in Systems Composed of Multiple Electronic Components. CONDENSED MATTER 2017. [DOI: 10.3390/condmat2030024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Effect of nematic ordering on electronic structure of FeSe. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36834. [PMID: 27830747 PMCID: PMC5103297 DOI: 10.1038/srep36834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Electronically driven nematic order is often considered as an essential ingredient of high-temperature superconductivity. Its elusive nature in iron-based superconductors resulted in a controversy not only as regards its origin but also as to the degree of its influence on the electronic structure even in the simplest representative material FeSe. Here we utilized angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations to study the influence of the nematic order on the electronic structure of FeSe and determine its exact energy and momentum scales. Our results strongly suggest that the nematicity in FeSe is electronically driven, we resolve the recent controversy and provide the necessary quantitative experimental basis for a successful theory of superconductivity in iron-based materials which takes into account both, spin-orbit interaction and electronic nematicity.
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Matt CE, Xu N, Lv B, Ma J, Bisti F, Park J, Shang T, Cao C, Song Y, Nevidomskyy AH, Dai P, Patthey L, Plumb NC, Radovic M, Mesot J, Shi M. NaFe_{0.56}Cu_{0.44}As: A Pnictide Insulating Phase Induced by On-Site Coulomb Interaction. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2016; 117:097001. [PMID: 27610876 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.117.097001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In the studies of iron pnictides, a key question is whether their bad-metal state from which the superconductivity emerges lies in close proximity with a magnetically ordered insulating phase. Recently, it was found that at low temperatures, the heavily Cu-doped NaFe_{1-x}Cu_{x}As (x>0.3) iron pnictide is an insulator with long-range antiferromagnetic order, similar to the parent compound of cuprates but distinct from all other iron pnictides. Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we determined the momentum-resolved electronic structure of NaFe_{1-x}Cu_{x}As (x=0.44) and identified that its ground state is a narrow-gap insulator. Combining the experimental results with density functional theory (DFT) and DFT+U calculations, our analysis reveals that the on-site Coulombic (Hubbard) and Hund's coupling energies play crucial roles in the formation of the band gap about the chemical potential. We propose that at finite temperatures, charge carriers are thermally excited from the Cu-As-like valence band into the conduction band, which is of Fe 3d-like character. With increasing temperature, the number of electrons in the conduction band becomes larger and the hopping energy between Fe sites increases, and finally the long-range antiferromagnetic order is destroyed at T>T_{N}. Our study provides a basis for investigating the evolution of the electronic structure of a Mott insulator transforming into a bad metallic phase and eventually forming a superconducting state in iron pnictides.
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- C E Matt
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-10 15 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-10 15 Lausanne, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Developments and Methods, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
- Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian 710072, China
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-10 15 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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