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Understanding the interplay between magnetism and superconductivity is one of the central issues in condensed matter physics. Such interplay induced nodal structure of superconducting gap is widely believed to be a signature of exotic…
Recently, the bulk nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ is reported to show signature of high-temperature superconductivity under high pressure above $14$GPa [H. Sun et al., Nature 621, 493 (2023)]. We analyze the pairing mechanism and pairing…
We present a theory of superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene in which attraction is generated between electrons on the same honeycomb sublattice when the system is close to a sublattice polarization instability. The resulting Cooper…
In non-centrosymmetric superconductors, spin-orbit coupling can induce an unconventional superconducting state with a mixture of s-wave spin-singlet and p-wave spin-triplet channels, which leads to a variety of exotic phenomena, including…
Recent discovery of ultrathick $\mathrm{MoSi_2N_4(MoN)_n}$ monolayers open up an exciting platform to engineer 2D material properties via intercalation architecture. Here we computationally investigate a series of ultrathick…
Ferromagnetism and superconductivity typically compete with each other since the internal magnetic field generated in a magnet suppresses the formation of spin-singlet Cooper pairs in conventional superconductors. Only a handful of…
We show the emergence of a new class of superconductivity in multiorbital systems, focusing on non-Kramers f$^2$ states. The Cooper pairs in this class of superconductivity mainly consist of local pairs with the same symmetry as the local…
We propose a mechanism for the generation of pure superconducting spin-current carried by equal-spin triplet Cooper pairs in a superconductor (S) sandwiched between a ferromagnet (F) and a normal metal (N$_{\rm so}$) with intrinsic…
We investigate superconductivity in a two-band system with an electron- and hole-like band, where one of the bands is away from the Fermi level (or incipient). We argue that the incipient band contributes significantly to spin-fluctuation…
A common path to superconducting spintronics, Majorana fermions, and topologically-protected quantum computing relies on spin-triplet superconductivity. While naturally occurring spin-triplet pairing is elusive and even common spin-triplet…
The Josephson supercurrent in a Nb-InAs nanowire-Nb junction was studied experimentally. The nanowire goes superconducting due to the proximity effect, and can sustain a phase coherent supercurrent. An unexpected modulation of the junction…
The superconducting properties of layered materials can be controlled by thinning, stacking, and twisting, demanding investigation of electronic states by spectroscopic means at the nanometer scale. Here, we reveal the spatial variations of…
A consistent picture on the mean-field level of the magnetic properties and electronic structure of the superconducting itinerant ferromagnet UGe$_2$ is shown to require inclusion of correlation effects beyond the local density…
The recent advent of artificial structures has triggered the emergence of fascinating phenomena that could not exist in natural compounds. A prime example is twisted multilayers, i.e., moir\'e superlattices represented by magic-angle…
The interplay of nontrivial topology and superconductivity in condensed matter physics gives rise to exotic phenomena. However, materials are extremely rare where it is possible to explore the full details of the superconducting pairing.…
Recent discovery of superconductivity in YbRh$_2$Si$_2$ has raised particular interest in its pairing mechanism and gap symmetry. Here we propose a phenomenological theory of its superconductivity and investigate possible gap structures by…
Magnetic ordering of the first row transition metal intercalates of NbS$_2$ due to coupling between the conduction electrons and the intercalated ions has been explained in terms of Fermi surface nesting. We use angle-resolved photoelectron…
Recent experiments have observed signatures of spin-valley-polarized unconventional superconductivity in twisted bilayer MoTe$_2$ (tMoTe$_2$). Here, we explore the rich physics of superconducting tMoTe$_2$, enabled by its unique…
The nature of unconventional superconductivity is intimately linked to the microscopic nature of the pairing interactions. In this work, motivated by cubic heavy fermion compounds with embedded multipolar moments, we theoretically…
A key question in high temperature iron-based superconductivity is the mechanism by which the paired electrons minimize their strong mutual Coulomb repulsion. While electronically paired superconductors generally avoid the Coulomb…