Enhanced Superconductivity in 2H-TaS2 Devices Through in-situ Molecular Intercalation

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Main Authors: Pereira, Jose M., Tezze, Daniel, Martín-García, Beatriz, Casanova, Fèlix, Ormaza, Maider, Hueso, Luis E., Gobbi, Marco
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author Pereira, Jose M.
Tezze, Daniel
Martín-García, Beatriz
Casanova, Fèlix
Ormaza, Maider
Hueso, Luis E.
Gobbi, Marco
author_facet Pereira, Jose M.
Tezze, Daniel
Martín-García, Beatriz
Casanova, Fèlix
Ormaza, Maider
Hueso, Luis E.
Gobbi, Marco
contents The intercalation of guest species into the gap of van der Waals materials often leads to the emergence of intriguing phenomena, such as superconductivity. While intercalation-induced superconductivity has been reported in several bulk crystals, reaching a zero-resistance state in flakes remains challenging. Here, we show a simple method for enhancing the superconducting transition in tens-of-nm thick 2H-TaS2 crystals contacted by gold electrodes through in-situ intercalation. Our approach enables measuring the electrical characteristics of the same flake before and after intercalation, permitting us to precisely identify the effect of the guest species on the TaS2 transport properties. We find that the intercalation of amylamine molecules into TaS2 flakes causes a suppression of the charge density wave and an increase in the superconducting transition, with an onset temperature above 3 K. Additionally, we show that a fully developed zero-resistance state can be achieved in flakes by engineering the conditions of the chemical intercalation. Our findings pave the way for the integration of chemically tailored intercalation compounds in scalable quantum technologies.
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spellingShingle Enhanced Superconductivity in 2H-TaS2 Devices Through in-situ Molecular Intercalation
Pereira, Jose M.
Tezze, Daniel
Martín-García, Beatriz
Casanova, Fèlix
Ormaza, Maider
Hueso, Luis E.
Gobbi, Marco
Superconductivity
Materials Science
The intercalation of guest species into the gap of van der Waals materials often leads to the emergence of intriguing phenomena, such as superconductivity. While intercalation-induced superconductivity has been reported in several bulk crystals, reaching a zero-resistance state in flakes remains challenging. Here, we show a simple method for enhancing the superconducting transition in tens-of-nm thick 2H-TaS2 crystals contacted by gold electrodes through in-situ intercalation. Our approach enables measuring the electrical characteristics of the same flake before and after intercalation, permitting us to precisely identify the effect of the guest species on the TaS2 transport properties. We find that the intercalation of amylamine molecules into TaS2 flakes causes a suppression of the charge density wave and an increase in the superconducting transition, with an onset temperature above 3 K. Additionally, we show that a fully developed zero-resistance state can be achieved in flakes by engineering the conditions of the chemical intercalation. Our findings pave the way for the integration of chemically tailored intercalation compounds in scalable quantum technologies.
title Enhanced Superconductivity in 2H-TaS2 Devices Through in-situ Molecular Intercalation
topic Superconductivity
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.24627