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We report superconductivity at $T_c = 1.22$ K and magnetic order at $T_N = 1.06$ K in the semi-metallic noncentrosymmetric Half Heusler compound ErPdBi. The upper critical field, $B_{c2}$, has an unusual quasi-linear temperature variation…
A search for the single material system that simultaneously exhibits topological phase and intrinsic superconductivity has been largely limited, although such a system is far more favorable especially for the quantum device applications.…
Most of the half-Heusler RPtBi compounds (R=rare earth) host various surface states due to spin-orbit coupling driven topological band structure. While recent ARPES measurements ubiquitously reported the existence of surface states in…
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The induction of unconventional superconductivity by twisting two layers of graphene a small angle was groundbreaking1, and since then has attracted widespread attention to novel phenomena caused by lattice or angle mismatch between…
Here, we report an overview of the phase diagram of single layered and double layered Fe arsenide superconductors at high magnetic fields. Our systematic magnetotransport measurements of polycrystalline SmFeAsO$_{1-x}$F$_x$ at different…
We propose a platform to realize nodal topological superconductors in a superconducting monolayer of MoX$_2$ (X$=$S, Se, Te) using an in-plane magnetic field. The bulk nodal points appear where the spin splitting due to spin-orbit coupling…
Superconductivity has recently been observed in moir\'e transition-metal dichalcogenide bilayers. Here, we investigate the superconducting state in twisted WSe$_2$ using two complementary theoretical approaches. The first is based on the…
In a previous study, we proposed a possibility of high $T_c$ superconductivity in mixed-anion nickelates with $d^{8+\delta}$ electron configuration. The theory was based on the fact that the two-orbital Hubbard model, when all the intra-…
Pd$_3$Bi$_2$Se$_2$ is a rare realization of a superconducting metal with a non-zero $Z_2$ topological invariant. We report the growth of high-quality single crystals of layered Pd$_3$Bi$_2$Se$_2$ with a superconducting transition at $T_c$ ~…
To investigate the interplay between charge density wave (CDW) and superconductivity, we performed ultralow-temperature spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy on the cleaved surface of the layered superconductor 2H-NbSe2. We…
The topic of superconductivity in strongly disordered materials has attracted a significant attention. In particular vivid debates are related to the subject of intrinsic spatial inhomogeneity responsible for non-BCS relation between the…
The topology of WTe2, a transition metal dichalcogenide with large spin-orbit interactions, is thought to combine type II Weyl semimetal and second-order topological insulator (SOTI) character. The SOTI character should endow WTe2…
We report a combined electrical transport and optical study of the superconductivity in atomically thin NbSe$_2$. When subjected to an out-of-plane magnetic field, an anomalous metallic state emerges, characterized by a finite longitudinal…
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We report the discovery of superconductivity at a pressure-induced magnetic quantum critical point in the Kondo-lattice system CeSb2, sustained up to magnetic fields that exceed the conventional Pauli limit eight-fold. Like CeRh2As2, CeSb2…