745 papers
Superconductivity is a fascinating state of matter where materials conduct electricity without any resistance, often defying our everyday expectations of how energy behaves. Researchers in this field explore the quantum mechanics behind these phenomena, seeking new materials that can operate at higher temperatures or under more practical conditions. This work holds the promise of revolutionizing everything from power grids to medical imaging devices, making the invisible world of quantum physics feel increasingly tangible and useful.
At Gist.Science, we monitor the arXiv database continuously to bring you the very latest preprints in Cond-Mat — Supr-Con as soon as they are posted. For every new submission, we generate both detailed technical summaries for experts and clear, plain-language explanations for curious readers, ensuring that cutting-edge discoveries are accessible to everyone regardless of their background. Below are the latest papers in this dynamic field, ready for you to explore.
This study demonstrates that inter-subband coupling in multichannel Rashba nanowire Josephson junctions qualitatively alters the topological phase diagram and significantly enhances the Josephson diode effect, enabling nonreciprocal supercurrents even under Zeeman fields aligned with the spin-orbit direction—a mechanism absent in single-channel systems.
This study reports the discovery of both field-odd and field-free superconducting diode effects in centrosymmetric nanoflakes, establishing air-stable molybdenum carbide as a promising platform for nonreciprocal quantum electronics.
This paper demonstrates that quantum confinement in a two-dimensional nodal topological superconductor can gap out bulk bands while preserving edge states to generate Majorana zero modes, thereby enabling the construction of quasi-one-dimensional topological superconducting phases characterized by a quantized conductance of .
This paper investigates enhanced Andreev reflection in lattice junctions, revealing that flat bands and anisotropic dispersion induce directional asymmetry and a Hall-like response in Josephson transport through real-time wave packet dynamics.
Motivated by recent experiments on multiterminal Josephson junctions, this paper proposes a model for the intermediate bias regime that treats the central normal metal as a continuum with nonequilibrium electronic populations, predicting characteristic voltage scales that govern mesoscopic critical current oscillations and bridge interpretations across quartet, topological, and Floquet physics.
This paper demonstrates that Fe-based superconductors with coplanar magnetic order realize an odd-parity magnetic state characterized by -wave spin splitting and a non-linear anomalous Hall effect, while exhibiting a vanishing Edelstein effect in the absence of spin-orbit coupling that is only restored upon its inclusion.
This paper establishes a theoretical framework for the quantum twisting microscope (QTM) as a direct momentum-resolved probe of superconductivity in two-dimensional materials, enabling the measurement of pairing symmetry, coherence factors, and rotational symmetry breaking through planar tunneling between a rotated graphene tip and a sample.
Using machine learning, this study reveals a strong correlation between the normal-state resistivity of Fe-based superconductors and their superconducting properties, identifying predictive signatures in a high-temperature window (150–300 K) far above the critical temperature that involve multiple scattering channels.
The paper proposes that room-temperature superconductivity in micron-sized hydride samples under extreme pressure can be achieved by minimizing both the metal probe barrier width and the sample thickness to optimize macroscopic quantum tunnelling.
This paper introduces a novel ultrafast spectroscopy platform capable of simultaneous high pressure (up to 40 GPa) and high magnetic field (up to 7 T) to investigate the trilayer nickelate , revealing that while pressure suppresses charge-density-wave order and induces incipient superconducting correlations, the lack of magnetic field dependence suggests any resulting superconducting state is non-bulk and inhomogeneous rather than a true bulk phase.