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A highly anisotropic polymorph

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Superconductivity with an anisotropy is revealed in a layered material. This result points towards a version of superconductivity where spin–orbit interactions produce a material that is resilient to external magnetic fields.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of the experimental geometry with definitions of the angles θ and γ that define the magnetic field direction.

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Falson, J. A highly anisotropic polymorph. Nat. Phys. 19, 19–20 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01824-4

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