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Clean 2D superconductivity in a bulk van der Waals superlattice

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [2];  [5];  [2];  [6];  [7];  [2]
  1. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.; OSTI
  2. Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
  3. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  4. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  5. RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), Wako 351-0198, Japan.
  6. Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.; John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
  7. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.; Center for Nanoscale Systems, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Alternative route to a 2D superconductor

Single layers of transition metal dichalcogenides exhibit exotic properties, including superconductivity. The usual route to obtaining such samples is to exfoliate a three-dimensional (3D) crystal. Devarakondaet al.instead grew a superlattice comprising alternating layers of the transition metal dichalcogenide hexagonal NbS2and the material Ba3NbS5(see the Perspective by Schoop). The inert Ba3NbS5layers serve to dissociate the superconducting NbS2layers from one another, resulting in 2D superconductivity with high carrier mobility. The combination of high mobility and reduced dimensionality may give rise to exotic quantum phases.

Science, this issue p.231see also p.170

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States); Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
DOE Contract Number:
SC0018945; SC0019300
OSTI ID:
1852724
Journal Information:
Science, Journal Name: Science Journal Issue: 6513 Vol. 370; ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher:
AAAS
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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