Anisotropic fully gapped superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Li</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Mo</mml

Superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:mrow> <a:msub> <a:mi>Li</a:mi> <a:mrow> <a:mn>0.9</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:msub> <a:msub> <a:mi>Mo</a:mi> <a:mn>6</a:mn> </a:msub> <a:msub> <a:mi mathvariant="normal">O</a:mi> <a:mn>17</a:mn> </a:msub> </a:mrow> </a:math> emerges from an exotic, nonmetallic normal state that exhibits signatures of Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid behavior, emergent symmetry, and excitonic order. The high upper critical field, <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:msub> <c:mi>H</c:mi> <c:mrow> <c:mi>c</c:mi> <c:mn>2</c:mn> </c:mrow> </c:msub> </c:math> , in <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <d:mrow> <d:msub> <d:mi>Li</d:mi> <d:mrow> <d:mn>0.9</d:mn> </d:mrow> </d:msub> <d:msub> <d:mi>Mo</d:mi> <d:mn>6</d:mn> </d:msub> <d:msub> <d:mi mathvariant="normal">O</d:mi> <d:mn>17</d:mn> </d:msub> </d:mrow> </d:math> suggests that that the favored pairing state is spin-triplet in nature. Here, we report measurements of the magnetic penetration depth down to <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <f:mrow> <f:mn>0.08</f:mn> <f:mspace width="0.222222em"/> <f:mi mathvariant="normal">K</f:mi> </f:mrow> </f:math> ( <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <i:mrow> <i:mi>T</i:mi> <i:mo>/</i:mo> <i:msub> <i:mi>T</i:mi> <i:mi>c</i:mi> </i:msub> <i:mo>≲</i:mo> <i:mn>0.04</i:mn> </i:mrow> </i:math> ) and the specific heat down to <j:math xmlns:j="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <j:mrow> <j:mn>0.4</j:mn> <j:mspace width="0.222222em"/> <j:mi mathvariant="normal">K</j:mi> </j:mrow> </j:math> ( <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <m:mrow> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mo>/</m:mo> <m:msub> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mi>c</m:mi> </m:msub> <m:mo>≲</m:mo> <m:mn>0.2</m:mn> </m:mrow> </m:math> ), and show that they are consistent with a moderately coupled, fully gapped superconducting state with marked gap anisotropy and a minimum ( <n:math xmlns:n="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <n:mrow> <n:msub> <n:mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</n:mi> <n:mi>min</n:mi> </n:msub> <n:mo>≃</n:mo> <n:mn>0.4</n:mn> <n:mspace width="0.16em"/> <n:msub> <n:mi>k</n:mi> <n:mi mathvariant="normal">B</n:mi> </n:msub> <n:msub> <n:mi>T</n:mi> <n:mi>c</n:mi> </n:msub> </n:mrow> </n:math> ) occurring over a very narrow region in <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <r:mi>k</r:mi> </r:math> space. Combined with knowledge of <s:math xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <s:msub> <s:mi>H</s:mi> <s:mrow> <s:mi>c</s:mi> <s:mn>2</s:mn> </s:mrow> </s:msub> </s:math> , these measurements support the presence of a nodeless and possibly odd-parity spin-triplet superconducting order parameter in <t:math xmlns:t="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <t:mrow> <t:msub> <t:mi>Li</t:mi> <t:mrow> <t:mn>0.9</t:mn> </t:mrow> </t:msub> <t:msub> <t:mi>Mo</t:mi> <t:mn>6</t:mn> </t:msub> <t:msub> <t:mi mathvariant="normal">O</t:mi> <t:mn>17</t:mn> </t:msub> </t:mrow> </t:math> .

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2026-02-24
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Anisotropic fully gapped superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Li</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Mo</mml

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Anisotropic fully gapped superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Li</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>0.9</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>Mo</mml

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Superconductivity in quasi-one-dimensional <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <a:mrow> <a:msub> <a:mi>Li</a:mi> <a:mrow> <a:mn>0.9</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:msub> <a:msub> <a:mi>Mo</a:mi> <a:mn>6</a:mn> </a:msub> <a:msub> <a:mi mathvariant="normal">O</a:mi> <a:mn>17</a:mn> </a:msub> </a:mrow> </a:math> emerges from an exotic, nonmetallic normal state that exhibits signatures of Tomonaga-Luttinger liquid behavior, emergent symmetry, and excitonic order. The high upper critical field, <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <c:msub> <c:mi>H</c:mi> <c:mrow> <c:mi>c</c:mi> <c:mn>2</c:mn> </c:mrow> </c:msub> </c:math> , in <d:math xmlns:d="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <d:mrow> <d:msub> <d:mi>Li</d:mi> <d:mrow> <d:mn>0.9</d:mn> </d:mrow> </d:msub> <d:msub> <d:mi>Mo</d:mi> <d:mn>6</d:mn> </d:msub> <d:msub> <d:mi mathvariant="normal">O</d:mi> <d:mn>17</d:mn> </d:msub> </d:mrow> </d:math> suggests that that the favored pairing state is spin-triplet in nature. Here, we report measurements of the magnetic penetration depth down to <f:math xmlns:f="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <f:mrow> <f:mn>0.08</f:mn> <f:mspace width="0.222222em"/> <f:mi mathvariant="normal">K</f:mi> </f:mrow> </f:math> ( <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <i:mrow> <i:mi>T</i:mi> <i:mo>/</i:mo> <i:msub> <i:mi>T</i:mi> <i:mi>c</i:mi> </i:msub> <i:mo>≲</i:mo> <i:mn>0.04</i:mn> </i:mrow> </i:math> ) and the specific heat down to <j:math xmlns:j="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <j:mrow> <j:mn>0.4</j:mn> <j:mspace width="0.222222em"/> <j:mi mathvariant="normal">K</j:mi> </j:mrow> </j:math> ( <m:math xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <m:mrow> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mo>/</m:mo> <m:msub> <m:mi>T</m:mi> <m:mi>c</m:mi> </m:msub> <m:mo>≲</m:mo> <m:mn>0.2</m:mn> </m:mrow> </m:math> ), and show that they are consistent with a moderately coupled, fully gapped superconducting state with marked gap anisotropy and a minimum ( <n:math xmlns:n="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <n:mrow> <n:msub> <n:mi mathvariant="normal">Δ</n:mi> <n:mi>min</n:mi> </n:msub> <n:mo>≃</n:mo> <n:mn>0.4</n:mn> <n:mspace width="0.16em"/> <n:msub> <n:mi>k</n:mi> <n:mi mathvariant="normal">B</n:mi> </n:msub> <n:msub> <n:mi>T</n:mi> <n:mi>c</n:mi> </n:msub> </n:mrow> </n:math> ) occurring over a very narrow region in <r:math xmlns:r="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <r:mi>k</r:mi> </r:math> space. Combined with knowledge of <s:math xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <s:msub> <s:mi>H</s:mi> <s:mrow> <s:mi>c</s:mi> <s:mn>2</s:mn> </s:mrow> </s:msub> </s:math> , these measurements support the presence of a nodeless and possibly odd-parity spin-triplet superconducting order parameter in <t:math xmlns:t="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <t:mrow> <t:msub> <t:mi>Li</t:mi> <t:mrow> <t:mn>0.9</t:mn> </t:mrow> </t:msub> <t:msub> <t:mi>Mo</t:mi> <t:mn>6</t:mn> </t:msub> <t:msub> <t:mi mathvariant="normal">O</t:mi> <t:mn>17</t:mn> </t:msub> </t:mrow> </t:math> .

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