Failed superconductivity in a Mott spin liquid material
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| author | Wang, Yuxin Dobrosavljević, Vladimir Choi, Eun Sang Saito, Yohei Kawamoto, Atsushi Pustogow, Andrej Dressel, Martin Popović, Dragana |
| author_facet | Wang, Yuxin Dobrosavljević, Vladimir Choi, Eun Sang Saito, Yohei Kawamoto, Atsushi Pustogow, Andrej Dressel, Martin Popović, Dragana |
| contents | A central challenge for understanding unconventional superconductivity in most strongly correlated electronic materials is their complicated band structure and presence of competing orders. In contrast, quasi-two-dimensional organic spin liquids are single-band systems with superconductivity arising near the bandwidth-tuned Mott metal-insulator transition in the absence of other orders. Here, we study chemically substituted $κ$-organics in which superconducting fluctuations emerge in the phase coexistence region between the Mott insulator and the Fermi liquid. Using magnetotransport and ac susceptibility measurements, we find that global superconductivity fails to set in as temperature $T\rightarrow 0$. Our results indicate instead the presence of superconducting domains embedded in the metallic percolating cluster that undergo a magnetic field-tuned quantum superconductor-to-metal phase transition. Surprisingly, albeit consistent with the percolation picture, universal conductance fluctuations are seen at high fields in macroscopic samples. The observed interplay of the intrinsic inhomogeneity and quantum phase fluctuations provides a new insight into failed superconductivity, a phenomenon seen in various conventional and unconventional superconductors, including cuprates. |
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| spellingShingle | Failed superconductivity in a Mott spin liquid material Wang, Yuxin Dobrosavljević, Vladimir Choi, Eun Sang Saito, Yohei Kawamoto, Atsushi Pustogow, Andrej Dressel, Martin Popović, Dragana Superconductivity Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons A central challenge for understanding unconventional superconductivity in most strongly correlated electronic materials is their complicated band structure and presence of competing orders. In contrast, quasi-two-dimensional organic spin liquids are single-band systems with superconductivity arising near the bandwidth-tuned Mott metal-insulator transition in the absence of other orders. Here, we study chemically substituted $κ$-organics in which superconducting fluctuations emerge in the phase coexistence region between the Mott insulator and the Fermi liquid. Using magnetotransport and ac susceptibility measurements, we find that global superconductivity fails to set in as temperature $T\rightarrow 0$. Our results indicate instead the presence of superconducting domains embedded in the metallic percolating cluster that undergo a magnetic field-tuned quantum superconductor-to-metal phase transition. Surprisingly, albeit consistent with the percolation picture, universal conductance fluctuations are seen at high fields in macroscopic samples. The observed interplay of the intrinsic inhomogeneity and quantum phase fluctuations provides a new insight into failed superconductivity, a phenomenon seen in various conventional and unconventional superconductors, including cuprates. |
| title | Failed superconductivity in a Mott spin liquid material |
| topic | Superconductivity Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.10832 |