Exotic Superconductivity in Correlated Electron Systems

Journal Article · Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Advances in Condensed Matter Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/180195· OSTI ID:1213677

Mu, Gang ^[1]; Sandu, Viorel ^[2]; Li, Wei ^[1]; Shen, Bing ^[3]

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1. Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
2. National Inst. of Materials Physics, Magurele (Romania)
3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Over the past decades, the search for high-T_c superconductivity (SC) and its novel superconducting mechanisms is one of the most challenging tasks of condensed matter physicists and material scientists, wherein the most striking achievement is the discovery of high-_c and unconventional superconductivity in strongly correlated 3d-electron systems, such as cuprates and iron pnictides/chalcogenides. Those exotic superconductors display the behaviors beyond the scope of the BCS theory (in the SC states) and the Landau-Fermi liquid theory (in the normal states). In general, such exotic superconductivity can be seen as correlated electron systems, where there are strong interplays among charge, spin, orbital, and lattice degrees of freedom. Thus, we focus on the exotic superconductivity in materials with correlated electrons in the present special issue.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Grant/Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1213677
• Journal Information: Advances in Condensed Matter Physics, Vol. 2015; Conference: Grindelwald (Switzlerland), 8-12 Oct 2010; ISSN 1687-8108
• Publisher: Hindawi
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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