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Chiral d-wave superconductivity in doped graphene

arXiv:1406.0101 · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/26/42/423201

Abstract

A highly unconventional superconducting state with a spin-singlet -wave, or chiral d-wave, symmetry has recently been proposed to emerge from electron-electron interactions in doped graphene. Especially graphene doped to the van Hove singularity at 1/4 doping, where the density of states diverges, has been argued to likely be a chiral d-wave superconductor. In this review we summarize the currently mounting theoretical evidence for the existence of a chiral d-wave superconducting state in graphene, obtained with methods ranging from mean-field studies of effective Hamiltonians to angle-resolved renormalization group calculations. We further discuss multiple distinctive properties of the chiral d-wave superconducting state in graphene, as well as its stability in the presence of disorder. We also review means of enhancing the chiral d-wave state using proximity-induced superconductivity. The appearance of chiral d-wave superconductivity is intimately linked to the hexagonal crystal lattice and we also offer a brief overview of other materials which have also been proposed to be chiral d-wave superconductors.

51 pages, 8 figures. Invited topical review in J. Phys.:Condens. Matter

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