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June 5, 2026Scientific Reports0 citationsOpen Access

Bond–electromagnetic origin of superconducting pairing across materials

MKMin Jung KimKorea Institute of Machinery and Materials

Key Points

  • This research aims to develop a framework connecting structural properties to superconducting pairing mechanisms.
  • Developed a bond-electromagnetic framework to quantify superconducting properties.
  • Analyzed structural quantities such as bond geometry and dielectric screening.
  • Examined the effects of hydrostatic pressure on FeSe to explore pairing behavior.
  • The framework predicts pairing scales across various materials and coupling regimes.
  • For Al, pairing scale was obtained structurally, while for Pb, it was constrained by coupling strength.
  • The model effectively captured the pressure-induced behavior of the superconducting dome in FeSe.

Abstract

We develop a bond-electromagnetic framework in which superconducting pairing originates from dynamic covalent bonds whose fluctuations generate a real-space pairing kernel. Bond-centered singlets emerge from these structural fluctuations, while long-range superconductivity appears when they become electromagnetically frozen into a phase-coherent network, as quantified by the London kernel and the superfluid stiffness. Within this framework, the microscopic pairing scale Formula: see text is determined directly from experimentally accessible structural quantities-including bond geometry, hybridization symmetry, dielectric screening, and the logarithmic bond-frequency moment-through a structural reformulation of the Allen-Dynes expression. The conversion of Formula: see text into the observed superconducting transition temperature Formula: see text is then governed by the electromagnetic rigidity of the material. Using only structural inputs, the framework reproduces pairing scales across representative materials and coupling regimes. For elemental Al, Formula: see text is obtained in a structurally parameter-free manner, while for Pb it is constrained solely by independently established ranges of the coupling strength. To probe structure-driven pairing in systems with reduced phase stiffness, we analyze FeSe under hydrostatic pressure. A structurally constrained form Formula: see text naturally captures the pressure-induced rise, maximum, and curvature of the superconducting dome, with the resulting trajectory spanning the experimentally observed transition region from the resistive onset to the zero-resistance state without invoking pressure-dependent spectroscopic input. These results establish a structure-anchored origin of superconducting pairing across distinct materials classes and demonstrate that experimentally accessible bond dynamics provide a practical materials-level criterion for linking lattice structure, electromagnetic response, and superconducting coherence.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a22672f763171746d545e7fhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-55635-1
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