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The FeSe riddle

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Electron–phonon coupling has been considered as a possible mechanism behind the high superconducting critical temperature of FeSe monolayers. The doping dependence of the superconductivity casts serious doubt that it plays a decisive role.

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Figure 1: Schematics of the topology of the Fermi surface of FeSe as a function of thickness and doping.
Figure 2: Phase diagram of bulk FeSe as a function of doping, ne.

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  1. I. I. Mazin is at the Center for Computational Materials Science, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW Washington, Washington DC 20375-5320, USA,

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Mazin, I. The FeSe riddle. Nature Mater 14, 755–756 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4371

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