Skip to main content
Log in

Superconducting materials

Superconductivity on the verge of catastrophe

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature Materials

View current issue Submit your manuscript

A new study suggests that the highest transition temperatures in cuprate superconductors occur when the materials are on the edge of instability to another, non-superconducting, ordered 'stripe' phase.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Figure 1: Old and new phase diagrams for stripe ordered cuprates.

References

  1. Tranquada, J. M. et al. Nature 375, 561–563 (1995).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Mohottala, H. E. et al. Nature Mater. 5, 377–382 (2006).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. White, R. W. & Geballe, T. H. Long Range Order in Solids (eds Ehrenreich, H., Seitz, F. & Turnbull, D.) (Academic, New York, 1979).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Aeppli, G. et al. Science 278, 1432–1435 (1997).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Wells, B. O. et al. Science 277, 1067–1071 (1997).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Kivelson, S. A., Aeppli, G. & Emery, V. J. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 98, 11903–11907 (2001).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Kivelson, S. A. & Fradkin, E. cond-mat/0507459 (2005).

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Kivelson, S. Superconductivity on the verge of catastrophe. Nature Mater 5, 343–344 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1638

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1638

  • Springer Nature Limited

This article is cited by

Navigation