Bulk superinsulation and polar nematic order in nanopatterned NbTiN

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Main Authors: Mironov, A. Yu., Trugenberger, C. A., Diamantini, M. C., Nasimov, D. A., Vinokur, V. M.
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Published: 2025
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author Mironov, A. Yu.
Trugenberger, C. A.
Diamantini, M. C.
Nasimov, D. A.
Vinokur, V. M.
author_facet Mironov, A. Yu.
Trugenberger, C. A.
Diamantini, M. C.
Nasimov, D. A.
Vinokur, V. M.
contents We present an experimental evidence of 3D superinsulation in a nanopatterned slab of NbTiN, given by the Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman (VFT) scaling of the conductance when approaching the critical temperature from above and by the vanishing of the conductance below the transition. In the electric Meissner state, we find polar nematic order arising from ferroelectric alignement of short electric strings excited by external electromagnetic fields. Our results prove that superinsulation appears also in ordered structures provided that these are large enough, thereby confirming the origin of superinsulation as electric confinement, independent of disorder.
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spellingShingle Bulk superinsulation and polar nematic order in nanopatterned NbTiN
Mironov, A. Yu.
Trugenberger, C. A.
Diamantini, M. C.
Nasimov, D. A.
Vinokur, V. M.
Superconductivity
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We present an experimental evidence of 3D superinsulation in a nanopatterned slab of NbTiN, given by the Vogel-Fulcher-Tamman (VFT) scaling of the conductance when approaching the critical temperature from above and by the vanishing of the conductance below the transition. In the electric Meissner state, we find polar nematic order arising from ferroelectric alignement of short electric strings excited by external electromagnetic fields. Our results prove that superinsulation appears also in ordered structures provided that these are large enough, thereby confirming the origin of superinsulation as electric confinement, independent of disorder.
title Bulk superinsulation and polar nematic order in nanopatterned NbTiN
topic Superconductivity
Materials Science
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09547