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High-temperature superconductivity
About: High-temperature superconductivity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7263 publications have been published within this topic receiving 175377 citations. The topic is also known as: high-temperature superconductivity.
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TL;DR: In this article, a scaling theory is developed which allows a consistent treatment of the coupled ln2(T)-singularities arising from density wave and Cooper pairing fluctuations in the weak coupling limit.
Abstract: In order to investigate possible nonphonon mechanisms for superconductivity in the copper oxide compounds, the two-dimensional Hubbard model is studied in the weak-coupling limit. A scaling theory is developed which allows a consistent treatment of the coupled ln2(T)-singularities arising from density wave and Cooper pairing fluctuations. For a half-filled band a spin-density-wave (antiferromagnetic) phase transition occurs, whereas for small deviations from half-filling spin fluctuations lead to a d-type superconducting phase. The method generalizes straightforwardly to finite-range interactions. The possible relevance to oxide superconductors and experimental tests are briefly discussed.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a new copper oxide superconductor with an onset tem-perature of 28 K was found in the Nd-Ce-Sr-Cu-O system.
Abstract: Recently, a new copper oxide superconductor with an onset tem-perature of 28 K was found in the Nd–Ce–Sr–Cu–O system1. The superconducting phase was identified by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy2, and the metal-atom positions are identical with those in the K2NiF4 or Nd2CuO4 structure3, except for the order of the cations Nd(Ce) and Sr. Here we report the refinement of the crystal structure using neutron powder diffraction. We find that it comprises alternating slabs of the K2NiF4 and Nd2CuO4 structures, and that all the copper atoms are crystallographically identical, with oxygen in fivefold (square-pyramidal) coordination. In having only one kind of copper site, this new compound is structurally simpler than the other CuO5-bearing superconductors such as YBa2Cu3O7, and may therefore be particularly helpful in the effort to understand the origins of high-temperature superconductivity.
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TL;DR: Results of these experiments argue in favor of the existence of a true phase transition in the high-field vortex state from a low-temperature superconducting vortex glass phase into a disordered high-tem temperature vortex fluid phase.
Abstract: A variety of recent experiments on both the static and the dynamic properties of vortices and flux-line lattices in the mixed state of the copper oxide superconductors are discussed. The experiments are of two basic types: (i) experiments that image the magnetic flux patterns either with magnetic decoration or neutrons and give information about static structures, and (ii) experiments that explore the dynamics of vortices either through the resistivity or other electrodynamic responses of the material. Results of these experiments argue in favor of the existence of a true phase transition in the high-field vortex state from a low-temperature superconducting vortex glass phase into a disordered high-temperature vortex fluid phase. The vortex glass phase transition model does a good job of explaining high-precision measurements of the dynamics at the transition. At low fields and temperatures, very long range hexatic order in the flux-line lattice is observed.
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TL;DR: This work proves that the simple electron-doping process is able to induce high-temperature superconductivity with T_{c}^{onset} as high as 48 K in bulk FeSe and shed light on the further pursuit of a higher T_{ c} in these materials.
Abstract: We report the evolution of superconductivity in an FeSe thin flake with systematically regulated carrier concentrations by the liquid-gating technique. With electron doping tuned by the gate voltage, high-temperature superconductivity with an onset at 48 K can be achieved in an FeSe thin flake with T_{c} less than 10 K. This is the first time such high temperature superconductivity in FeSe is achieved without either an epitaxial interface or external pressure, and it definitely proves that the simple electron-doping process is able to induce high-temperature superconductivity with T_{c}^{onset} as high as 48 K in bulk FeSe. Intriguingly, our data also indicate that the superconductivity is suddenly changed from a low-T_{c} phase to a high-T_{c} phase with a Lifshitz transition at a certain carrier concentration. These results help to build a unified picture to understand the high-temperature superconductivity among all FeSe-derived superconductors and shed light on the further pursuit of a higher T_{c} in these materials.
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