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| author | Liu, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Chuizhen Song, Boqin Chen, Jing Dai, Xijing Zhang, Qinghua Jin, Feng Wang, Xingya Dong, Weiwei Yang, Dongliang Li, Gefei Zhang, Pengju Hu, Jiangping Guo, Jian-gang Ying, Tianping Chen, Xiaolong |
| author_facet | Liu, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Chuizhen Song, Boqin Chen, Jing Dai, Xijing Zhang, Qinghua Jin, Feng Wang, Xingya Dong, Weiwei Yang, Dongliang Li, Gefei Zhang, Pengju Hu, Jiangping Guo, Jian-gang Ying, Tianping Chen, Xiaolong |
| contents | Orderings in charge and spin have been extensively studied to unravel their correlation to emergent superconductivity over the past decades. Bragg-Williams order (BWO), a classical structural order parameter describing site occupancy in alloys, has long been speculated to influence superconducting behavior. Yet, its role still remains ambiguous, largely due to the difficulty of isolating BWO from concomitant charge doping or competing electronic instabilities. Here, we establish In2/3PSe3 as a platform wherein indium vacancies are reversibly configurable between ordered and disordered states via thermal treatment. We show that the disordered phase undergoes a pressure-induced superconducting transition with a Tc of 11 K, significantly higher than the 7 K observed in its ordered counterpart. This constitutes a rare instance in which pure BWO variation drives a substantial shift in Tc. By combining a Ginzburg-Landau phenomenological analysis with a BCS-McMillan microscopic description, we demonstrate that BWO naturally suppresses superconductivity through electron-phonon interactions, a mechanism supported by ultra-low-wavenumber Raman measurements. Our findings support BWO as an independent order parameter that competes directly with superconductivity, extending the concept of competing orders beyond conventional electronic and magnetic degrees of freedom. |
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| spellingShingle | Bragg-Williams order competes with superconductivity Liu, Xu Chen, Xu Chen, Chuizhen Song, Boqin Chen, Jing Dai, Xijing Zhang, Qinghua Jin, Feng Wang, Xingya Dong, Weiwei Yang, Dongliang Li, Gefei Zhang, Pengju Hu, Jiangping Guo, Jian-gang Ying, Tianping Chen, Xiaolong Superconductivity Materials Science Orderings in charge and spin have been extensively studied to unravel their correlation to emergent superconductivity over the past decades. Bragg-Williams order (BWO), a classical structural order parameter describing site occupancy in alloys, has long been speculated to influence superconducting behavior. Yet, its role still remains ambiguous, largely due to the difficulty of isolating BWO from concomitant charge doping or competing electronic instabilities. Here, we establish In2/3PSe3 as a platform wherein indium vacancies are reversibly configurable between ordered and disordered states via thermal treatment. We show that the disordered phase undergoes a pressure-induced superconducting transition with a Tc of 11 K, significantly higher than the 7 K observed in its ordered counterpart. This constitutes a rare instance in which pure BWO variation drives a substantial shift in Tc. By combining a Ginzburg-Landau phenomenological analysis with a BCS-McMillan microscopic description, we demonstrate that BWO naturally suppresses superconductivity through electron-phonon interactions, a mechanism supported by ultra-low-wavenumber Raman measurements. Our findings support BWO as an independent order parameter that competes directly with superconductivity, extending the concept of competing orders beyond conventional electronic and magnetic degrees of freedom. |
| title | Bragg-Williams order competes with superconductivity |
| topic | Superconductivity Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.25843 |