On the Remarkable Superconductivity of FeSe and Its Close Cousins

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Emergent electronic phenomena in iron-based superconductors have been at the forefront of condensed matter physics for more than a decade. Much has been learned about the origins and intertwined roles of ordered phases, including nematicity, magnetism, and superconductivity, in this fascinating class of materials. In recent years, focus has been centered on the peculiar and highly unusual properties of FeSe and its close cousins. This family of materials has attracted considerable attention due to the discovery of unexpected superconducting gap structures, a wide range of superconducting critical temperatures, and evidence for nontrivial band topology, including associated spin-helical surface states and vortex-induced Majorana bound states. Here, we review superconductivity in iron chalcogenide superconductors, including bulk FeSe, doped bulk FeSe, FeTe1-xSex, intercalated FeSe materials, and monolayer FeSe and FeTe1-xSex on SrTiO3. We focus on the superconducting properties, including a survey of the relevant experimental studies, and a discussion of the different proposed theoretical pairing scenarios. In the last part of the paper, we review the growing recent evidence for nontrivial topological effects in FeSe-related materials, focusing again on interesting implications for superconductivity.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1402
JournalSymmetry
Volume12
Issue number9
Number of pages72
ISSN0865-4824
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sep 2020

    Research areas

  • iron-based superconductivity, unconventional superconductivity, magnetism, nematicity, superconducting pairing, strongly correlated electrons, multiband superconductivity, topological superconductivity, Majorana zero modes, HIGH-TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS, S-WAVE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, SINGLE-LAYER, ELECTRONIC-STRUCTURE, MAJORANA FERMIONS, PHASE-DIAGRAM, SPIN FLUCTUATIONS, MAGNETIC ORDER, CRITICAL-POINT

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