This article gives an overview of both theoretical and experimental developments
concerning states with lattice symmetry breaking in the cuprate high-temperature …

In materials with strong local Coulomb interactions, simple defects such as atomic
substitutions strongly affect both macroscopic and local properties of the system. A …

Electronic charges introduced in copper-oxide (CuO2) planes generate high-transition-
temperature (T c) superconductivity but, under special circumstances, they can also order …

The transport of a small amount of liquid on a solid is not a simple process, owing to the
nature of the contact between the two phases. Setting a liquid droplet in motion requires non …

To explore the doping dependence of the recently discovered charge-density-wave (CDW)
order in YBa 2 Cu 3 O y, we present a bulk-sensitive high-energy x-ray study for several …

A theoretical review is given on high temperature superconductivity in copper oxides
(cuprates) by focusing on the hole doping cases based on the view that it is realized in …

It is now widely accepted that the cuprate superconductors are characterized by a long-
range order similar to that present in the Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory, that …

We report the observation of magnetic superstructure in a magnetization plateau state of
SrCu2 (BO3) 2, a frustrated quasi–two-dimensional quantum spin system. The Cu and B …

Magnetic interactions and magnetic impurities are destructive to superconductivity in
conventional superconductors. By contrast, in some unconventional macroscopic quantum …

Abstract The Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless (BKT) mechanism, building upon proliferation
of topological defects in 2D systems, is the first example of phase transition beyond the …