Nature Communications (Dec 2017)
Nematic superconducting state in iron pnictide superconductors
- Jun Li,
- Paulo J. Pereira,
- Jie Yuan,
- Yang-Yang Lv,
- Mei-Ping Jiang,
- Dachuan Lu,
- Zi-Quan Lin,
- Yong-Jie Liu,
- Jun-Feng Wang,
- Liang Li,
- Xiaoxing Ke,
- Gustaaf Van Tendeloo,
- Meng-Yue Li,
- Hai-Luke Feng,
- Takeshi Hatano,
- Hua-Bing Wang,
- Pei-Heng Wu,
- Kazunari Yamaura,
- Eiji Takayama-Muromachi,
- Johan Vanacken,
- Liviu F. Chibotaru,
- Victor V. Moshchalkov
Affiliations
- Jun Li
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Paulo J. Pereira
- INPAC-Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, KU Leuven
- Jie Yuan
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Yang-Yang Lv
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Mei-Ping Jiang
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Dachuan Lu
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Zi-Quan Lin
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Yong-Jie Liu
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Jun-Feng Wang
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Liang Li
- Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Xiaoxing Ke
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Gustaaf Van Tendeloo
- Electron Microscopy for Materials Research (EMAT), University of Antwerp
- Meng-Yue Li
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Hai-Luke Feng
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Takeshi Hatano
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Hua-Bing Wang
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Pei-Heng Wu
- Research Institute of Superconductor Electronics, Nanjing University
- Kazunari Yamaura
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Eiji Takayama-Muromachi
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Johan Vanacken
- INPAC-Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, KU Leuven
- Liviu F. Chibotaru
- Theory of Nanomaterials Group, KU Leuven
- Victor V. Moshchalkov
- INPAC-Institute for Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry, KU Leuven
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02016-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Nematic electronic order is rare and its onset often indicates a phase transition. Here, Li et al. report a nematic superconducting state in Ba0.5K0.5Fe2As2 by measuring the angular dependence of the in-plane and out-of-plane magnetoresistivity.