853 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 paper demonstrates that NbN thin films grown via plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD) maintain exceptional spatial homogeneity of the superconducting order parameter even at high disorder levels, making them ideal candidates for high-kinetic-inductance cryoelectronic applications.
The paper proposes that the organization of vertically correlated disorder, rather than its magnitude, modulates interlayer tunneling amplitudes to explain various -axis electrodynamic anomalies and the fragile interlayer coherence observed in cuprate superconductors.
This paper establishes a formal mapping between the 1D Anderson lattice and a reservoir-enhanced superconducting model to demonstrate that the metallic reservoir mediates effective long-range interactions, which in turn explains the emergence of near-long-range magnetic order and renormalized RKKY coupling in Kondo systems.
This paper demonstrates the successful application of H NMR measurements within diamond anvil cells to confirm the bulk superconductivity of the newly discovered LaH superhydride at pressures up to 165 GPa and to estimate its superconducting gap.
This paper demonstrates that a chiral nanotube-based Josephson junction can achieve perfect supercurrent diode efficiency through a non-reciprocal persistent current protected by fluxoid quantization, even without spin-orbit interactions or higher-order tunneling processes.
This paper uses the time-dependent Ginzburg–Landau model and a path-integral framework to demonstrate that noise with a finite correlation time can enhance the fluctuation-driven transport response in a superconductor above its critical temperature, an effect that varies depending on the system's dimensionality.
This paper maps the phase diagram of compressively strained thin films, revealing a superconducting dome characterized by an electron-hole crossover and an anomalous Hall coefficient sign change that suggests Fermi surface reconstruction.
The paper proposes that the unconventional persistence of third-harmonic generation (THG) and its phase shift across the superconducting transition in underdoped cuprates can be explained by the emergent Higgs mode of condensed holons interacting with spinon-induced fluctuations within a doped Mott insulator framework.
This study investigates how deposition pressure affects the morphology and superconducting properties of Ti40V60 alloy thin films, demonstrating that while optimal pressure yields metallic behavior and high critical current densities, exceeding a threshold pressure transitions the films to a non-metallic state.
This paper demonstrates that the energy splitting of Majorana zero modes can be made negative to suppress hybridization errors, potentially allowing imperfect Majorana modes to achieve the fault-tolerance required for topological quantum computing.