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Nematic fluctuations shape Cooper pairs

Experimental evidence of nematic-fluctuation-mediated superconductivity has been observed in an iron-based superconductor near the quantum critical point.

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Fig. 1: Highly anisotropic gap with a shape of nematic symmetry.

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Kong, L. Nematic fluctuations shape Cooper pairs. Nat. Phys. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02693-9

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