Ion
injection controlled by electric field has attracted growing
attention due to its tunability over bulk-like materials. Here, we
achieve protonation of an electron-doped high-temperature superconductor,
La2–x
Ce
x
CuO4, by gating in the electrochemical regime of the ionic
liquid. Such a process induces a superconductor–insulator transition
together with the crossing of the Fermi surface reconstruction point.
Applying negative voltages not only can reverse the protonation process
but also recovers superconductivity in samples deteriorated by moisture
in the ambient. Our work extends the application of electric-field-induced
protonation into high-temperature cuprate superconductors.
Much effort has been devoted to the electronic properties of relatively thick ZrTe5 crystals, focusing on their three-dimensional topological effects. Thin ZrTe5 crystals, on the other hand, were much less explored experimentally. Here we present detailed magnetotransport studies of few-layer ZrTe5 devices, in which electron-electron interactions and weak anti-localization are observed. The coexistence of the two effects manifests themselves in corroborating evidence presented in the temperature and magnetic field dependence of the resistance. Notably, the temperature-dependent phase coherence length extracted from weak anti-localization agrees with strong electron-electron scattering in the sample. Meanwhile, universal conductance fluctuations have temperature and gate voltage dependence that is similar to that of the phase coherence length. Lastly, all the transport properties in thin ZrTe5 crystals show strong two-dimensional characteristics. Our results provide new insight into the highly intricate properties of topological material ZrTe5.
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