Uniaxial-strain control of nematic superconductivity in Sr x Bi2Se3

Ivan Kostylev; Shingo Yonezawa; Zhiwei Wang; Yoichi Ando; Yoshiteru Maeno

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17913-y

Nature Communications (Aug 2020)

Uniaxial-strain control of nematic superconductivity in Sr x Bi2Se3

Ivan Kostylev,
Shingo Yonezawa,
Zhiwei Wang,
Yoichi Ando,
Yoshiteru Maeno

Affiliations

Ivan Kostylev: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Shingo Yonezawa: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Zhiwei Wang: Institute of Physics II, University of Cologne
Yoichi Ando: Institute of Physics II, University of Cologne
Yoshiteru Maeno: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17913-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Nematic superconductors, exhibiting rotational-symmetry breaking, can form domains; a counterpart of common magnetic domains. Here, the authors report control of nematic superconductivity and their domains of Sr x Bi2Se3 by uniaxial deformation, a step toward superconductive domain engineering.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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