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arxiv: 2602.22999 · v1 · submitted 2026-02-26 · ❄️ cond-mat.supr-con · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

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Pressure-induced reentrant superconductivity in a misfit layered compound mathrm{(SnS)_{1.15}(TaS₂)}

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keywords reentrant superconductivitymisfit layered compoundhigh pressureelectronic reconstructionHall coefficientvan der Waals heterostructureTaS2SnS
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A new superconducting phase reemerges above 80 GPa in the misfit compound (SnS)1.15(TaS2) after the low-pressure phase is suppressed.

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The paper investigates the effects of extreme pressure on the superconducting and transport properties of the misfit layered compound (SnS)1.15(TaS2). The original superconducting state is gradually suppressed with increasing pressure and vanishes near 14.7 GPa, accompanied by rising residual resistance. A distinct superconducting phase then reappears above 80 GPa and remains stable up to the highest pressures reached at 150 GPa. This reentrant behavior occurs after a sign reversal in the Hall coefficient near 60 GPa and a nonmonotonic change in normal-state resistance, all without any detected structural phase transition. The findings indicate that pressure can drive an electronic reconstruction in these natural van der Waals heterostructures to restore superconductivity.

Core claim

In (SnS)1.15(TaS2), the low-pressure superconducting phase disappears near 14.7 GPa while residual resistance increases; above 80 GPa a separate superconducting phase reemerges and persists to 150 GPa. This reentrance follows a pressure-induced reversal of the Hall coefficient sign near 60 GPa together with nonmonotonic evolution of the normal-state resistance, with no structural phase transition observed across the full pressure range. The results point to a pressure-driven electronic reconstruction that restores superconductivity in the misfit layered structure.

What carries the argument

Pressure-induced electronic reconstruction, signaled by Hall coefficient sign reversal near 60 GPa and nonmonotonic normal-state resistance, that restores superconductivity without structural change.

If this is right

  • Superconductivity in misfit compounds can be suppressed then restored purely by pressure tuning of the electronic state.
  • Electronic reconstructions can produce multiple distinct superconducting regimes in the same material without lattice changes.
  • Transport signatures such as Hall reversal and resistance nonmonotonicity can precede reentrant superconductivity.
  • Pressure serves as a clean control parameter for engineering quantum states in natural van der Waals heterostructures.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Similar pressure-driven reentrant superconductivity may appear in other misfit compounds with comparable layer decoupling.
  • Band-structure calculations under pressure could identify which Fermi-surface pockets or bands are reconstructed at the Hall reversal.
  • The high-pressure superconducting phase may have a different pairing symmetry or gap structure from the low-pressure phase.

Load-bearing premise

The drop in resistance above 80 GPa represents bulk superconductivity rather than filamentary or surface superconductivity, and the Hall sign reversal directly indicates an electronic reconstruction.

What would settle it

A clear Meissner effect or a sharp specific-heat anomaly coinciding with the resistance drop above 80 GPa would confirm that the high-pressure phase is bulk superconductivity.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2602.22999 by Chutong Zhang, Jiajia Feng, Na Zuo, Rajesh Kumar Ulaganathan, Raman Sankar, Xiangzhuo Xing, Xiaobing Liu, Xiaofeng Xu, Xiaolei Yi, Xiaoran Zhang, Xiao Tang, Xin Chen, Yan Meng.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Structure and basic physical characterization of misfit compound (SnS) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Electrical transport properties of (SnS) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. High-pressure phase diagram of (SnS) [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p007_4.png] view at source ↗
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Misfit layered compounds are natural van der Waals heterostructures in which electronically active transition-metal dichalcogenide layers are decoupled by incommensurate blocking layers, enabling bulk realization of quasi-two-dimensional quantum states. Here we investigate the superconducting, transport,and structural properties of the misfit compound $\mathrm{(SnS)_{1.15}(TaS_2)}$ under pressures up to 150 GPa. The low-pressure superconducting phase is gradually suppressed and disappears near 14.7 GPa,accompanied by increasing residual resistance. Remarkably, a distinct superconducting phase reemerges above 80 GPa and persists to the highest pressures achieved. This reentrant superconductivity follows a pressure-induced sign reversal of the Hall coefficient near 60 GPa and a nonmonotonic evolution of the normal-state resistance, indicating an electronic reconstruction. No structural phase transition is detected over the entire pressure range. Our results demonstrate a pressure-driven electronic reconstruction leading to reentrant superconductivity in a misfit layered compound, establishing pressure as an effective route to engineer superconductivity and electronic states in natural van der Waals heterostructures.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript reports high-pressure transport and structural measurements on the misfit layered compound (SnS)1.15(TaS2) up to 150 GPa. It shows that the ambient-pressure superconducting phase is suppressed and vanishes near 14.7 GPa, accompanied by rising residual resistance. A distinct superconducting phase then reappears above 80 GPa and persists to the highest pressures studied. This reentrant superconductivity is preceded by a sign reversal of the Hall coefficient near 60 GPa and nonmonotonic changes in normal-state resistance, which the authors interpret as signatures of an electronic reconstruction. No structural phase transition is detected by XRD over the full pressure range.

Significance. If the central claim holds, the result would establish pressure-driven electronic reconstruction as a route to reentrant superconductivity in natural van der Waals heterostructures, extending the known phenomenology of misfit compounds and providing a concrete experimental example of pressure-tuned Fermi-surface changes that restore superconductivity after its initial suppression.

major comments (2)
  1. [Results (high-pressure regime)] High-pressure transport results: The reentrant superconducting phase above 80 GPa is identified exclusively from a drop in four-probe resistance. In diamond-anvil-cell experiments, resistance alone is susceptible to filamentary paths, pressure gradients, or surface effects, particularly when residual resistance remains elevated between 15 and 80 GPa. Without AC susceptibility, magnetization, or specific-heat data showing a diamagnetic response or thermodynamic anomaly at the same Tc, the bulk character of the high-pressure phase remains under-constrained.
  2. [Transport measurements] Hall-effect and normal-state transport: The sign reversal of the Hall coefficient near 60 GPa is presented as direct evidence for an electronic reconstruction that enables the reentrant superconductivity. However, the manuscript provides no supporting band-structure calculations or Fermi-surface modeling to identify which bands cross the Fermi level or how the carrier type changes, leaving the microscopic mechanism interpretive rather than demonstrated.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Methods and figure captions] The criteria used to define Tc (e.g., onset, 50 % resistance drop, or zero-resistance point) and any error bars on the reported transition temperatures and Hall coefficients are not stated, complicating quantitative comparison with other pressure studies.
  2. [Experimental details] Sample characterization metrics (residual resistivity ratio, rocking-curve widths, or stoichiometry confirmation) are mentioned only briefly; explicit values would strengthen claims about sample quality and reproducibility.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 1 unresolved

We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive comments on our manuscript. We address each major comment below, providing the strongest honest defense of our experimental claims while acknowledging limitations inherent to high-pressure diamond-anvil-cell measurements.

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  1. Referee: [Results (high-pressure regime)] High-pressure transport results: The reentrant superconducting phase above 80 GPa is identified exclusively from a drop in four-probe resistance. In diamond-anvil-cell experiments, resistance alone is susceptible to filamentary paths, pressure gradients, or surface effects, particularly when residual resistance remains elevated between 15 and 80 GPa. Without AC susceptibility, magnetization, or specific-heat data showing a diamagnetic response or thermodynamic anomaly at the same Tc, the bulk character of the high-pressure phase remains under-constrained.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee highlighting the challenges of confirming bulk superconductivity from resistance alone in DAC experiments. Our data show a sharp, reproducible drop to zero resistance above 80 GPa that increases in temperature with further compression, occurring after the Hall sign reversal and without any detected structural change by XRD. These features are inconsistent with simple filamentary or surface artifacts, which typically do not produce such systematic pressure evolution or correlation with normal-state transport changes. We have added a dedicated paragraph in the revised manuscript discussing possible non-bulk contributions and the supporting circumstantial evidence from the full dataset. However, we acknowledge that AC susceptibility or specific-heat measurements would provide stronger thermodynamic confirmation; such experiments are technically prohibitive at >80 GPa with our current sample geometry and pressure range. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [Transport measurements] Hall-effect and normal-state transport: The sign reversal of the Hall coefficient near 60 GPa is presented as direct evidence for an electronic reconstruction that enables the reentrant superconductivity. However, the manuscript provides no supporting band-structure calculations or Fermi-surface modeling to identify which bands cross the Fermi level or how the carrier type changes, leaving the microscopic mechanism interpretive rather than demonstrated.

    Authors: The sign reversal of the Hall coefficient constitutes direct experimental evidence of a change in the dominant carrier type, which necessarily signals a Fermi-surface reconstruction. This is reinforced by the simultaneous nonmonotonic evolution of the normal-state resistance, forming a coherent experimental picture of an electronic transition that precedes and enables the reentrant superconductivity. While density-functional calculations could in principle identify the specific bands, the incommensurate misfit structure of (SnS)1.15(TaS2) renders reliable high-pressure band-structure modeling computationally intensive and outside the scope of this primarily experimental work. We have clarified the language in the revised manuscript to emphasize that our interpretation rests on the transport observables rather than a detailed microscopic model, and we maintain that the Hall data alone provides substantive evidence for the claimed electronic reconstruction. revision: no

standing simulated objections not resolved
  • Direct confirmation of bulk superconductivity in the reentrant phase via AC susceptibility, magnetization, or specific-heat measurements above 80 GPa, which remain experimentally inaccessible with current diamond-anvil-cell techniques for this sample size and pressure range.

Circularity Check

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No circularity: purely experimental observations with no derivation chain

full rationale

This is an experimental paper reporting high-pressure measurements of resistance, Hall coefficient, and XRD on (SnS)1.15(TaS2). The central claims rest on direct observations: suppression of low-pressure SC near 14.7 GPa, reemergence of resistance drop above 80 GPa, Hall sign reversal near 60 GPa, nonmonotonic normal-state resistance, and absence of structural transitions up to 150 GPa. No equations, fitted parameters, theoretical predictions, or ansatzes are present. No load-bearing self-citations or uniqueness theorems are invoked to derive results. The findings are independent experimental data that do not reduce to prior inputs by construction.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The central claim rests on experimental transport measurements under pressure; no free parameters, mathematical derivations, or newly postulated entities are introduced. The interpretation of Hall sign reversal as electronic reconstruction is a standard domain assumption in condensed-matter physics.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Sign reversal of the Hall coefficient indicates a change in dominant charge carrier type or electronic band structure
    Invoked in the abstract to link the Hall data to electronic reconstruction without additional justification or calculation.

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