Superconductivity in Graphene: Observation of Yu–Shiba–Rusinov States in Superconducting Graphene (adv. Mater. 22/2021)

Graphene is made superconducting with Pb islands by Iván Brihuega and co-workers, as detailed in article number 2008113. At the same time, magnetic moments are introduced using naturally existing graphene grain boundaries. They show that both superconductivity and magnetism can coexist in graphene, generating exotic Yu–Shiba–Rusinov states. Those states provide a starting point to ultimately create graphene topological qubits, putting forward graphene as a potential platform for topological quantum computing.