Transport anomalies and quantum criticality in electron-doped cuprate superconductors

Xu Zhang, Heshan Yu, Ge He, Wei Hu, Jie Yuan, Beiyi Zhu, Kui Jin*

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Abstract

Superconductivity research is like running a marathon. Three decades after the discovery of high-Tc cuprates, there have been mass data generated from transport measurements, which bring fruitful information. In this review, we give a brief summary of the intriguing phenomena reported in electron-doped cuprates from the aspect of electrical transport as well as the complementary thermal transport. We attempt to sort out common features of the electron-doped family, e.g. the strange metal, negative magnetoresistance, multiple sign reversals of Hall in mixed state, abnormal Nernst signal, complex quantum criticality. Most of them have been challenging the existing theories, nevertheless, a unified diagram certainly helps to approach the nature of electron-doped cuprates.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)18-43
Number of pages26
JournalPhysica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume525-526
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jun 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Electrical and thermal transport measurements
  • Electron-doped cuprates
  • High-T superconductivity
  • Phase diagram
  • Quantum criticality

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