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Chin. Phys. B, 2022, Vol. 31(10): 107403    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac8e9d
Special Issue: TOPICAL REVIEW — Celebrating 30 Years of Chinese Physics B
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Recent advances in quasi-2D superconductors via organic molecule intercalation

Mengzhu Shi(石孟竹)1,2, Baolei Kang(康宝蕾)1,2, Tao Wu(吴涛)1,2, and Xianhui Chen(陈仙辉)1,2,3,4,†
1. Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
2. CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China;
3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
4. CAS Center for Excellence in Superconducting Electronics (CENSE), Shanghai 200050, China
Abstract  Superconductivity at the 2D limit shows emergent novel quantum phenomena, including anomalously enhanced Hc2, quantum metallic states and quantum Griffiths singularity, which has attracted much attention in the field of condensed matter physics. In this article, we focus on new advances in quasi-2D superconductors in the bulk phase using an organic molecular electrochemical intercalation method. The enhanced superconductivity and emergent pseudogap behavior in these quasi-2D superconductors are summarized with a further prospect.
Keywords:  organic molecular intercalation      two-dimensional superconductivity      organic-inorganic hybrid materials  
Received:  16 July 2022      Revised:  26 August 2022      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  74.25.-q (Properties of superconductors)  
  74.25.F- (Transport properties)  
  74.70.Xa (Pnictides and chalcogenides)  
Fund: Project supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB25000000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11888101), the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0303001), the Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologies, China (Grant No. AHY160000), and the Key Research Program of Frontier Sciences, CAS (Grant No. QYZDYSSW-SLH021).
Corresponding Authors:  Xianhui Chen     E-mail:  chenxh@ustc.edu.cn

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Mengzhu Shi(石孟竹), Baolei Kang(康宝蕾), Tao Wu(吴涛), and Xianhui Chen(陈仙辉) Recent advances in quasi-2D superconductors via organic molecule intercalation 2022 Chin. Phys. B 31 107403

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