Nematicity and superconductivity in orthorhombic superconductor Na0.35(C3N2H10)0.426Fe2Se2
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$\mathrm{N}{\mathrm{a}}0.35{({\mathrm{C}}3{\mathrm{N}}2{\mathrm{H}}10)}0.426\mathrm{F}{\mathrm{e}}2\mathrm{S}{\mathrm{e}}2$ exhibits a large orthorhombic distortion at room temperature without magnetic ordering, hence providing an ideal platform to investigate the correlation between nematicity and superconductivity. We show that its nematicity is stabilized by ``nematic'' ordered 1,3-diaminopropane (1,3- DIA) molecules in between the FeSe layers, and the C2 twofold rotational symmetry is preserved down to 10 K without phase transition. The superconductivity occurs at 46.5 K even though the orthorhombic distortion is much larger than that for \ensuremath{\beta}-FeSe and most of the other pnictide superconductors at low temperatures. First principles calculations reveal that this ``artificial'' orthorhombic distortion has a selective effect on the band structure, which behaves differently on splitting the iron $3{d}xz$ and $3{d}yz$ orbitals around the \cyrchar\CYRG{} and M points in the Brillouin zone. Our finding strongly supports that the nematic state is irrelevant to the emergent superconductivity, at least in high-${T}c$ iron selenide superconductors.
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OpenAlex topics: Iron-based superconductors research · Corporate Taxation and Avoidance · Inorganic Chemistry and Materials
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