3 papers
cond-mat.supr-con2026
Coexisting electronic smectic liquid crystal and superconductivity in a Si square-net semimetal
Christopher J. Butler, Toshiya Ikenobe, Ming-Chun Jiang +6
Electronic nematic and smectic liquid crystals are spontaneous symmetry-breaking phases that are seen to precede or coexist with enigmatic unconventional superconducting states in…
cond-mat.str-el2024
Topological Semimetal KAlGe with Novel Electronic Instability
Toshiya Ikenobe, Takahiro Yamada, Jun-ichi Yamaura +6
Compounds with the anti-PbFCl structure exhibit a variety of electronic instabilities and intriguing physical properties. NaAlSi and NaAlGe are similar topological nodal-line semim…
cond-mat.supr-con2023
Superconductivity induced by doping holes in the nodal-line semimetal NaAlGe
Toshiya Ikenobe, Takahiro Yamada, Daigorou Hirai +2
The nodal-line semimetals NaAlSi and NaAlGe have significantly different ground states despite having similar electronic structures: NaAlSi exhibits superconductivity below 7 K, wh…