Related papers: Turning insulators into superconductors
The superconductor to insulator transition in the presence of long-range Coulomb interactions is studied using Monte Carlo techniques. At integer filling the transition is second order. At half filling we find evidence of a first order…
Some key results obtained in joint research projects with Alex M\"uller are summarized, concentrating on the invention of the barocaloric effect and its application for cooling as well as on important findings in the field of…
In the first part of this work an overview of the available data on the paramagnetic effect recently discovered in superconductors was given as well as a possible explanation of the effect. Here the consequences caused by this weakly…
Electrodynamical processes induced in complex systems like semiconductors by strong electromagnetic fields, have traditionally/conventionally been described using semi-classical approaches. Although these approaches, allowed the…
Magnetic-field tuned superconductor to insulator transition was observed in a novel hybrid system of granular superconducting indium, deposited on indium oxide thin film, which exhibits global superconductivity at low magnetic fields. We…
Field-induced superconductivity has long presented a counterintuitive phenomenon and a pivotal challenge in condensed matter physics. In this Letter, we introduce a mechanism for achieving field-induced superconductivity wherein the…
Highly disordered superconductors, in the magnetic-field-driven insulating state, can show discontinuous current-voltage characteristics. Electron overheating has been shown to give a consistent description of this behavior, but there are…
A theoretical approach with a microscopic model is proposed for the observed "high temperature superconductivity" in the Iron-based compounds. The above scheme takes into account two important aspects viz. (i) superconducting transition…
The recently discovered superconductor UTe$_2$, with a T$_c$ between 1.5~K and 2~K, is attracting much attention due to strong suspicion of spin-triplet and topological superconductivity. Its properties under magnetic field are also…
We investigate the transport properties of a thin superconducting Al layer covering a square array of magnetic dots with out-of-plane magnetization. A thorough characterization of the magnetic properties of the dots allowed us to fine-tune…
We develop theoretical arguments that demonstrate the possibility of metallic field-effect transistors (METFET's) in one-dimensional systems and particularly in armchair carbon nanotubes. A very inhomogeneous electric field, such as the…
Using first-principle electronic structure calculations, we show a metal- semiconductor transition of a metallic graphene nanoribbon with zigzag edges induced by substitutional doping of Nitrogen or Boron atoms at the edges. A field effect…
The electrical conductivity of disordered insulator-conductor composites have been studied for more than thirty years. In spite of this some properties of dc bulk conductivity of composites still remain incompletely understood. We present a…
High quality single crystals of a ferromagnetic superconductor URhGe were successfully grown. The electrical resistivity was measured for the field along b-axis in the orthorhombic crystal structure in order to study precisely its field…
Semiconductivity and superconductivity are remarkable quantum phenomena that have immense impact on science and technology, and materials that can be tuned, usually by pressure or doping, to host both types of quantum states are of great…
A magnetic-field-driven transition from metallic- to semiconducting-type behavior in the basal-plane resistance takes place in highly oriented pyrolytic graphite at a field $H_c \sim 1~$kOe applied along the hexagonal c-axis. The analysis…
During the past few decades, several new classes of superconductors have been discovered. Most of these do not appear to be related to traditional superconductors. As a consequence, it is felt by many that for these materials,…
The possibility of surface enhancement of superconductivity is examined experimentally. It is shown that single crystal tin samples with cold-worked surfaces represent a superconductor with a surface-enhanced order parameter (or negative…
We report spatially resolved optical probing of charge traps in organic field-effect transistors using focussed laser illumination. By scanning a 635 nm laser across the transistor channel and simultaneously acquiring transfer…
Nine years ago, superconductors based on the magnetic element iron were discovered. A flurry of research activity has revealed an unprecedented diversity of chemical structures and physical properties. Similarly to other unconventional…