Realization of Air‐Stable Two‐Dimensional Superconductor Nb <sub>2</sub> Pd <sub>3</sub> Te <sub>5</sub> With Quasi‐One‐Dimensional Pair Density Modulation
ABSTRACT Two‐dimensional (2D) superconductors provide a fertile platform for exploring reduced‐dimensional superconductivity and emergent quantum phenomena. Incorporating quasi‐one‐dimensional (quasi‐1D) structural motifs into 2D superconductors offers a powerful route to engineer strong electronic anisotropy, enabling unconventional superconducting states and anisotropic superconducting transport functionalities. However, such systems remain rarely realized. Here we report the realization of a 2D superconductor Nb 2 Pd 3 Te 5 , exhibiting an intrinsic quasi‐1D pair density modulation. Monolayer and bilayer Nb 2 Pd 3 Te 5 is synthesized via van‐der‐Waals epitaxy. Using ultralow‐temperature scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy, we observe the quasi‐1D crystal structure and superconductivity below ∼0.6 K with a pronounced quasi‐1D pair density modulation. Remarkably, both monolayer and bilayer Nb 2 Pd 3 Te 5 show strong air stability. Our findings establish atomically 2D Nb 2 Pd 3 Te 5 as a robust and promising platform for exploring novel low‐dimensional quantum phenomena and anisotropy‐enabled superconducting devices.
Authors
- Hong‐Jun Gao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6766-0623)
- Chengmin Shen
- Siyu Xu
- Xianghe Han
- Wang Yao
- Shixuan Du
- Haowei Chen
- Peixuan Li
- Hui Guo
- Jiayi Wang
- Hui Chen
- Hao Zhang
- Ziang Wang
- Qian Fang
- Haohao Xu
Institutions
- FZU ‒ Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (CZ)
- National Laboratory for Superconductivity (CN)
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- University of Hong Kong (HK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Materials
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74711
- Primary Topic
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China