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    Unconventional short-range structural fluctuations in cuprate superconductors

    The interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom in complex materials is the subject of extensive debate in physics and materials science. Particularly interesting questions pertain to the na...

    D. Pelc, R. J. Spieker, Z. W. Anderson, M. J. Krogstad, N. Biniskos in Scientific Reports (2022)

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    Magnetic field reveals vanishing Hall response in the normal state of stripe-ordered cuprates

    The origin of the weak insulating behavior of the resistivity, i.e. \({\rho }_{xx}\propto {\mathrm{ln}}\,(1/T)\) ...

    Zhenzhong Shi, P. G. Baity, J. Terzic, Bal K. Pokharel in Nature Communications (2021)

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    Publisher Correction: A weak topological insulator state in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth iodide

    An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

    Ryo Noguchi, T. Takahashi, K. Kuroda, M. Ochi, T. Shirasawa, M. Sakano in Nature (2020)

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    Pair density wave at high magnetic fields in cuprates with charge and spin orders

    In underdoped cuprates, the interplay of the pseudogap, superconductivity, and charge and spin ordering can give rise to exotic quantum states, including the pair density wave (PDW), in which the superconducti...

    Zhenzhong Shi, P. G. Baity, J. Terzic, T. Sasagawa in Nature Communications (2020)

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    A weak topological insulator state in quasi-one-dimensional bismuth iodide

    The major breakthroughs in understanding of topological materials over the past decade were all triggered by the discovery of the Z2-type topological insulator—a type of material that is insulating in its interio...

    Ryo Noguchi, T. Takahashi, K. Kuroda, M. Ochi, T. Shirasawa, M. Sakano in Nature (2019)

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    Author Correction: Full-gap superconductivity in spin-polarised surface states of topological semimetal β-PdBi2

    The original version of this article contained an error in Fig. 3. The calculated patterns of quasiparticle interference in the figure were incorrect due to the wrong Wannier transformation in the calculation....

    K. Iwaya, Y. Kohsaka, K. Okawa, T. Machida, M. S. Bahramy in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Full-gap superconductivity in spin-polarised surface states of topological semimetal β-PdBi2

    A bulk superconductor possessing a topological surface state at the Fermi level is a promising system to realise long-sought topological superconductivity. Although several candidate materials have been propos...

    K. Iwaya, Y. Kohsaka, K. Okawa, T. Machida, M. S. Bahramy in Nature Communications (2017)

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    Observation of Zeeman effect in topological surface state with distinct material dependence

    Manipulating the spins of the topological surface states represents an essential step towards exploring the exotic quantum states emerging from the time reversal symmetry breaking via magnetic do** or extern...

    Ying-Shuang Fu, T. Hanaguri, K. Igarashi, M. Kawamura in Nature Communications (2016)

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    Ferroelectricity in underdoped La-based cuprates

    Do** a “parent” antiferromagnetic Mott insulator in cuprates leads to short-range electronic correlations and eventually to high-Tc superconductivity. However, the nature of charge correlations in the lightly d...

    Z. Viskadourakis, S. S. Sunku, S. Mukherjee, B. M. Andersen, T. Ito in Scientific Reports (2015)

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    Ultrafast electronic state conversion at room temperature utilizing hidden state in cuprate ladder system

    Photo-control of material properties on femto- (10−15) and pico- (10−12) second timescales at room temperature has been a long-sought goal of materials science. Here we demonstrate a unique ultrafast conversion b...

    R. Fukaya, Y. Okimoto, M. Kunitomo, K. Onda, T. Ishikawa in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Topologically protected surface states in a centrosymmetric superconductor β-PdBi2

    The topological aspects of electrons in solids can emerge in real materials, as represented by topological insulators. In theory, they show a variety of new magneto-electric phenomena, and especially the ones ...

    M. Sakano, K. Okawa, M. Kanou, H. Sanjo, T. Okuda, T. Sasagawa in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Point nodes persisting far beyond Tc in Bi2212

    In contrast to a complex feature of antinodal state, suffering from competing orders, the pairing gap of cuprates is obtained in the nodal region, which therefore holds the key to the superconducting mechanism...

    Takeshi Kondo, W. Malaeb, Y. Ishida, T. Sasagawa, H. Sakamoto in Nature Communications (2015)

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    Ultrafast charge localization in a stripe-phase nickelate

    Self-organized electronically ordered phases are a recurring feature in correlated materials, resulting in, for example, fluctuating charge stripes whose role in high-TC superconductivity is under debate. However...

    G. Coslovich, B. Huber, W. -S. Lee, Y. -D. Chuang, Y. Zhu in Nature Communications (2013)

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    Phase fluctuations and the absence of topological defects in a photo-excited charge-ordered nickelate

    The dynamics of an order parameter's amplitude and phase determines the collective behaviour of novel states emerging in complex materials. Time- and momentum-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, by virtue of mea...

    W.S. Lee, Y.D. Chuang, R.G. Moore, Y. Zhu, L. Patthey, M. Trigo in Nature Communications (2012)

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    Abrupt onset of a second energy gap at the superconducting transition of underdoped Bi2212

    In underdoped high-TC superconducting copper oxides a pseudogap develops well above TC. Whether the pseudogap is a distinct phenomenon or the incoherent continuation of the superconducting gap above TC is one of ...

    W. S. Lee, I. M. Vishik, K. Tanaka, D. H. Lu, T. Sasagawa, N. Nagaosa in Nature (2007)

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    An unusual isotope effect in a high-transition-temperature superconductor

    In conventional superconductors, the electron pairing that allows superconductivity is caused by exchange of virtual phonons, which are quanta of lattice vibration. For high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) super...

    G.-H. Gweon, T. Sasagawa, S.Y. Zhou, J. Graf, H. Takagi, D.-H. Lee, A. Lanzara in Nature (2004)

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    Universal nodal Fermi velocity

    The mechanism that causes high-temperature superconductivity in copper oxide materials (cuprates) is still unknown, more than 15 years after it was discovered1. As the charge carriers (electrons or holes) are int...

    X. J. Zhou, T. Yoshida, A. Lanzara, P. V. Bogdanov, S. A. Kellar, K. M. Shen in Nature (2003)

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    Antiferromagnetic order induced by an applied magnetic field in a high-temperature superconductor

    One view of the high-transition-temperature (high-Tc) copper oxide superconductors is that they are conventional superconductors where the pairing occurs between weakly interacting quasiparticles (corresponding t...

    B. Lake, H. M. Rønnow, N. B. Christensen, G. Aeppli, K. Lefmann, D. F. McMorrow in Nature (2002)