Unusual competition of superconductivity and charge-density-wave state in a compressed topological kagome metal

F. H. Yu; D. H. Ma; W. Z. Zhuo; S. Q. Liu; X. K. Wen; B. Lei; J. J. Ying; X. H. Chen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23928-w

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Unusual competition of superconductivity and charge-density-wave state in a compressed topological kagome metal

F. H. Yu,
D. H. Ma,
W. Z. Zhuo,
S. Q. Liu,
X. K. Wen,
B. Lei,
J. J. Ying,
X. H. Chen

Affiliations

F. H. Yu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
D. H. Ma: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
W. Z. Zhuo: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
S. Q. Liu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
X. K. Wen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
B. Lei: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
J. J. Ying: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
X. H. Chen: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale and Department of Physics, and CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23928-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The recently discovered kagome metal AV3Sb5 is a new playground to study the interplay between superconductivity and charge-density-wave (CDW) state. Here, the authors report pressure-dependent evolution of CDW and superconductivity in CsV3Sb5, suggesting an unusual competition between the two phases.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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