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Interfacial Superconductivity Achieved in Parent AEFe2As2 (AE = Ca, Sr, Ba) by a Simple and Realistic Annealing Route

Materials with interfaces often exhibit extraordinary phenomena exemplified by rich physics, such as high-temperature superconductivity and enhanced electronic correlations. However, demonstrations of confined interfaces to date have involved intensive effort and fortuity, and no simple path is cons...

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Published in:Nano letters 2021-03, Vol.21 (5), p.2191-2198
Main Authors: Huyan, Shuyuan, Lyu, Yanfeng, Wang, Hua, Deng, Liangzi, Wu, Zheng, Lv, Bing, Zhao, Kui, Tian, Fei, Gao, Guanhui, Liu, Rui-Zhe, Ma, Xiaojing, Tang, Zhongjia, Gooch, Melissa, Chen, Shuo, Ren, Zhifeng, Qian, Xiaofeng, Chu, Ching-Wu
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Language:English
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Summary:Materials with interfaces often exhibit extraordinary phenomena exemplified by rich physics, such as high-temperature superconductivity and enhanced electronic correlations. However, demonstrations of confined interfaces to date have involved intensive effort and fortuity, and no simple path is consistently available. Here, we report the achievement of interfacial superconductivity in the nonsuperconducting parent compounds AEFe2As2, where AE = Ca, Sr, or Ba, by simple subsequent annealing of the as-grown samples in an atmosphere of As, P, or Sb. Our results indicate that the superconductivity originates from electron transfer at the interface of the hybrid van der Waals heterostructures, consistent with the two-dimensional superconducting transition observed. The observations suggest a common origin of interfaces for the nonbulk superconductivity previously reported in the AEFe2As2 compound family and provide insight for the further exploration of interfacial superconductivity.
ISSN:1530-6984
1530-6992
DOI:10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04995