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Ichinokura S, Tokuda K, Toyoda M, Tanaka K, Saito S, Hirahara T. Van Hove Singularity and Enhanced Superconductivity in Ca-Intercalated Bilayer Graphene Induced by Confinement Epitaxy. ACS NANO 2024; 18:13738-13744. [PMID: 38741024 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c01757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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We demonstrate the impact of high-density calcium introduction into Ca-intercalated bilayer graphene on a SiC substrate, wherein a metallic layer of Ca has been identified at the interface. We have discerned that the additional Ca layer engenders a free-electron-like band, which subsequently hybridizes with a Dirac band, leading to the emergence of a van Hove singularity. Coinciding with this, there is an increase in the critical temperature for superconductivity. These findings allude to the manifestation of Ca-driven confinement epitaxy, augmenting superconductivity through the enhancement of attractive interactions in a pair of electron and hole bands with flat dispersion around the Fermi level.
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- Satoru Ichinokura
- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- UVSOR Facility, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan
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Obata R, Kosugi M, Kikkawa T, Kuroyama K, Yokouchi T, Shiomi Y, Maruyama S, Hirakawa K, Saitoh E, Haruyama J. Coexistence of Quantum-Spin-Hall and Quantum-Hall-Topological-Insulating States in Graphene/hBN on SrTiO 3 Substrate. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2024; 36:e2311339. [PMID: 38324142 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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SrTiO3 (STO) substrate, a perovskite oxide material known for its high dielectric constant (ɛ), facilitates the observation of various (high-temperature) quantum phenomena. A quantum Hall topological insulating (QHTI) state, comprising two copies of QH states with antiparallel two ferromagnetic edge-spin overlap protected by the U(1) axial rotation symmetry of spin polarization, has recently been achieved in low magnetic field (B) even as high as ≈100 K in a monolayer graphene/thin hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) spacer placed on an STO substrate, thanks to the high ɛ of STO. Despite the use of the heavy STO substrate, however, proximity-induced quantum spin Hall (QSH) states in 2D TI phases, featuring a topologically protected helical edge spin phase within time-reversal-symmetry, is not confirmed. Here, with the use of a monolayer hBN spacer, it is revealed the coexistence of QSH (at B = 0T) and QHTI (at B ≠ 0) states in the same single graphene sample placed on an STO, with a crossover regime between the two at low B. It is also classified that the different symmetries of the two nontrivial helical edge spin phases in the two states lead to different interaction with electron-puddle quantum dots, caused by a local surface pocket of the STO, in the crossover regime, resulting in a spin dephasing only for the QHTI state. The results obtained using STO substrates open the doors to investigations of novel QH spin states with different symmetries and their correlations with quantum phenomena. This exploration holds value for potential applications in spintronic devices.
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- Reiji Obata
- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5258, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5258, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Institute for Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, 3-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, The University of Tokyo, 3-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
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- Institute for Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
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- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- Institute for AI and Beyond, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan
- WPI Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
- Advanced Science Research Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, 5-10-1 Fuchinobe, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 252-5258, Japan
- Institute for Industrial Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Komaba Meguro-ku, Tokyo, 153-8505, Japan
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Zhao D, Cui W, Liu Y, Gong G, Zhang L, Jia G, Zang Y, Hu X, Zhang D, Wang Y, Li W, Ji S, Wang L, He K, Ma X, Xue QK. Electronic inhomogeneity and phase fluctuation in one-unit-cell FeSe films. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3369. [PMID: 38643171 PMCID: PMC11032316 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47350-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/22/2024] Open
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One-unit-cell FeSe films on SrTiO3 substrates are of great interest owing to significantly enlarged pairing gaps characterized by two coherence peaks at ±10 meV and ±20 meV. In-situ transport measurement is desired to reveal novel properties. Here, we performed in-situ microscale electrical transport and combined scanning tunneling microscopy measurements on continuous one-unit-cell FeSe films with twin boundaries. We observed two spatially coexisting superconducting phases in domains and on boundaries, characterized by distinct superconducting gaps (Δ 1 ~15 meV vs.Δ 2 ~10 meV) and pairing temperatures (Tp1~52.0 K vs. Tp2~37.3 K), and correspondingly two-step nonlinear V ~ I α behavior but a concurrent Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT)-like transition occurring atT BKT ~28.7 K. Moreover, the onset transition temperatureT c onset ~54 K and zero-resistivity temperatureT c zero ~31 K are consistent with Tp1 andT BKT , respectively. Our results indicate the broadened superconducting transition in FeSe/SrTiO3 is related to intrinsic electronic inhomogeneity due to distinct two-gap features and phase fluctuations of two-dimensional superconductivity.
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- Dapeng Zhao
- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China
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- School of Integrated Circuits, Shandong Technology Center of Nanodevices and Integration, State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, 100193, Beijing, China.
- State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, 100084, Beijing, China.
- Frontier Science Center for Quantum Information, 100084, Beijing, China.
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China.
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Kobayashi T, Nakagawa H, Ogawa H, Nabeshima F, Maeda A. Anisotropy of upper critical fields and interface superconductivity in FeSe/SrTiO 3grown by PLD. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2023; 35:41LT01. [PMID: 37402379 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ace410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
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In this study, we grow FeSe/SrTiO3with thicknesses of 4-19 nm using pulsed laser deposition and investigate their magneto-transport properties. The thinnest film (4 nm) exhibit negative Hall effect, indicating electron transfer into FeSe from the SrTiO3substrate. This is in agreement with reports on ultrathin FeSe/SrTiO3grown by molecular beam epitaxy. The upper critical field is found to exhibit large anisotropy (γ>11.9), estimated from the data near the transition temperature (Tc). In particular, the estimated coherence lengths in the perpendicular direction are 0.15-0.27 nm, which are smaller than thec-axis length of FeSe, and are found to be almost independent of the total thicknesses of the films. These results indicate that superconductivity is confined at the interface of FeSe/SrTiO3.
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- Tomoki Kobayashi
- Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Meguro 153-8902, Tokyo, Japan
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Ru H, Li Z, Wang S, Xiang B, Wang Y. Suppression and Revival of Superconducting Phase Coherence in Monolayer FeSe/SrTiO 3. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9997-10002. [PMID: 36519788 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Monolayer FeSe grown on SrTiO3 (FeSe/STO) is an interfacial high-temperature superconductor distinctively different from bulk FeSe. However, the superconducting phase coherence of the interface is challenging to probe due to its fragility in the atmosphere. Here, we perform in situ mutual inductance under ultrahigh vacuum on FeSe/STO in combination with band mapping by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We find that even though the monolayer shows a gap-closing temperature above 50 K, no diamagnetism is visible down to 5 K. This is the case for few-layer FeSe/STO until it exceeds a critical number of five layers, where diamagnetism suddenly appears. The suppression of diamagnetism in the monolayer is also lifted by depositing a top FeTe layer. However, Tc and superfluid density both decrease with thicker FeTe, suggesting unconventional electron pairing and phase coherence competition. Our observation may be understood by a scenario in which the interfacial superconducting phase coherence is highly anisotropic.
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- Hao Ru
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, People's Republic of China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, People's Republic of China
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Stoichiometric Growth of Monolayer FeSe Superconducting Films Using a Selenium Cracking Source. CRYSTALS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/cryst12060853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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As a novel interfacial high-temperature superconductor, monolayer FeSe on SrTiO3 has been intensely studied in the past decade. The high selenium flux involved in the traditional growth method complicates the film’s composition and entails more sample processing to realize the superconductivity. Here we use a Se cracking source for the molecular beam epitaxy growth of FeSe films to boost the reactivity of the Se flux. Reflection high-energy electron diffraction shows that the growth rate of FeSe increases with the increasing Se flux when the Fe flux is fixed, indicating that the Se over-flux induces Fe vacancies. Through careful tuning, we find that the proper Se/Fe flux ratio with Se cracked that is required for growing stoichiometric FeSe is close to 1, much lower than that with the uncracked Se flux. Furthermore, the FeSe film produced by the optimized conditions shows high-temperature superconductivity in the transport measurements without any post-growth treatment. Our work reinforces the importance of stoichiometry for superconductivity and establishes a simpler and more efficient approach to fabricating monolayer FeSe superconducting films.
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Yu LP, Zhou XH, Lu L, Xu L, Wang FJ. MXene/Carbon Nanotube Hybrids: Synthesis, Structures, Properties, and Applications. CHEMSUSCHEM 2021; 14:5079-5111. [PMID: 34570428 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.202101614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 09/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Since the successful preparation of few-layer transition metal carbides from three-dimensional MAX phases in 2011, MXenes (known as a family of layered transition metal carbides, nitrides, and carbonitrides) have been intensively studied. Though MXenes have been adopted as active materials in many applications, issues including aggregation and restacking are likely to hamper their potential applications. In order to address these prevailing challenges, the concept of MXene/carbon nanotube (CNT) hybrids was proposed initially in 2015, where CNTs were incorporated as the spacers and conductive additives. Ever since, MXene/CNT hybrids with different architectures have been synthesized by a number of methods and applied in numerous fields. Herein, after the discussion about general synthesis approaches, architectures, and properties of the hybrids, this Review summarized the recent advances in the application of MXene/CNT hybrids in energy storage devices, sensors, electrocatalysis, electromagnetic interference shielding, and water treatment, in which the function of individual components was clarified. In the end, the current research trend in this field were discussed and several technical issues were highlighted along with some suggestions on future research directions.
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- Le Ping Yu
- Institute of Automotive Technology, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214153, P. R. China
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- Institute of Automotive Technology, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214153, P. R. China
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- Institute of Automotive Technology, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214153, P. R. China
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- Institute of Automotive Technology, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214153, P. R. China
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- Institute of Automotive Technology, Wuxi Vocational Institute of Commerce, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214153, P. R. China
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Song Y, Chen Z, Zhang Q, Xu H, Lou X, Chen X, Xu X, Zhu X, Tao R, Yu T, Ru H, Wang Y, Zhang T, Guo J, Gu L, Xie Y, Peng R, Feng D. High temperature superconductivity at FeSe/LaFeO 3 interface. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5926. [PMID: 34635672 PMCID: PMC8505662 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26201-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Enormous enhancement of superconducting pairing temperature (Tg) to 65 K in FeSe/SrTiO3 has made it a spotlight. Despite the effort of interfacial engineering, FeSe interfaced with TiOx remains the unique case in hosting high Tg, hindering a decisive understanding on the general mechanism and ways to further improving Tg. Here we constructed a new high-Tg interface, single-layer FeSe interfaced with FeOx-terminated LaFeO3. Large superconducting gap and diamagnetic response evidence that the superconducting pairing can emerge near 80 K, highest amongst all-known interfacial superconductors. Combining various techniques, we reveal interfacial charge transfer and strong interfacial electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in FeSe/LaFeO3, showing that the cooperative pairing mechanism works beyond FeSe-TiOx. Intriguingly, the stronger interfacial EPC than that in FeSe/SrTiO3 is likely induced by the stronger interfacial bonding in FeSe/LaFeO3, and can explain the higher Tg according to recent theoretical calculations, pointing out a workable route in designing new interfaces to achieve higher Tg.
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- Yuanhe Song
- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315, Shanghai, China
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100190, Beijing, China.
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China.
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- Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438, Shanghai, China.
- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315, Shanghai, China.
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- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315, Shanghai, China.
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026, Hefei, Anhui, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, 210093, Nanjing, China.
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Xu Y, Rong H, Wang Q, Wu D, Hu Y, Cai Y, Gao Q, Yan H, Li C, Yin C, Chen H, Huang J, Zhu Z, Huang Y, Liu G, Xu Z, Zhao L, Zhou XJ. Spectroscopic evidence of superconductivity pairing at 83 K in single-layer FeSe/SrTiO 3 films. Nat Commun 2021; 12:2840. [PMID: 33990574 PMCID: PMC8121788 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23106-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Single-layer FeSe films grown on the SrTiO3 substrate (FeSe/STO) have attracted much attention because of their possible record-high superconducting critical temperature (Tc) and distinct electronic structures. However, it has been under debate on how high its Tc can really reach due to the inconsistency of the results from different measurements. Here we report spectroscopic evidence of superconductivity pairing at 83 K in single-layer FeSe/STO films. By preparing high-quality single-layer FeSe/STO films, we observe strong superconductivity-induced Bogoliubov back-bending bands that extend to rather high binding energy ~ 100 meV by high-resolution angle-resolved photoemission measurements. They provide a new definitive benchmark of superconductivity pairing that is directly observed up to 83 K. Moreover, we find that the pairing state can be further divided into two temperature regions. These results indicate that either Tc as high as 83 K is achievable, or there is a pseudogap formation from superconductivity fluctuation in single-layer FeSe/STO films. How high the superconducting transition temperature can reach in single layer FeSe/SrTiO3 films has been under debate. Here, the authors use Bogoliubov back-bending bands as a benchmark and demonstrate that superconductivity pairing can be realized up to 83 K in this system.
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- Yu Xu
- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China
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- Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China.
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- National Lab for Superconductivity, Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. .,Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan, China. .,Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Sciences, Beijing, China.
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