Strong interplay between stripe spin fluctuations, nematicity and superconductivity in FeSe

Nature Materials

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 159-163

  Wang, Qisi ^a   Shen, Yao ^a   Pan, Bingying ^a   Hao, Yiqing ^a   Ma, Mingwei ^b   Zhou, Fang ^b   Steffens, P ^c   Schmalzl, K ^c   Forrest, T R ^d   Abdel Hafiez, M ^e,f   Chen, Xiaojia ^e   Chareev, D A ^g   Vasiliev, A N ^h,i,j   Bourges, P ^k   Sidis, Y ^k   Cao, Huibo ^l   Zhao, Jun ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^e CENTER FOR HIGH PRESSURE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED RESEARCH   (China)

^f Fayoum University   (Egypt)

^g INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^h MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

ⁱ URAL FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

^k CEA SACLAY   (France)

^l OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; IRON; NEUTRON SCATTERING; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; IRON-BASED SUPERCONDUCTORS; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN DEGREES OF FREEDOM; SUPERCONDUCTING STATE;

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84955452857     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4492     Document Type: Article

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