Experimental evidence for nodal superconducting gap in moiré graphene

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Park, Jeong Min; Sun, Shuwen; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Jarillo-Herrero, Pablo
• 署名单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Princeton University; National Institute for Materials Science
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-8075; 1095-9203
• DOI: 10.1126/science.adv8376
• 发表日期: 2026-01-01
• 页码: 79-83
• 关键词: density-of-states; MAGIC-ANGLE; UNCONVENTIONAL SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; pseudogap; transitions; cascade

摘要

Understanding the nature of superconductivity in magic-angle graphene remains challenging. A key difficulty lies in discerning the different energy scales in this strongly interacting system, particularly the superconducting gap. In this work, we report simultaneous tunneling spectroscopy and transport measurements of magic-angle twisted trilayer graphene. This approach allows us to identify two coexisting V-shaped tunneling gaps with different energy scales: a distinct low-energy superconducting gap that vanishes at the superconducting critical temperature and magnetic field and a higher-energy pseudogap. The superconducting tunneling spectra display a linear gap-filling behavior with temperature and magnetic field and exhibit the Volovik effect, consistent with a nodal order parameter. Our work suggests an unconventional nature of the superconducting gap and establishes an experimental framework for multidimensional investigation of tunable quantum materials.