Nature Physics, Published online: 03 January 2025; doi:10.1038/s41567-024-02713-8
A first-order, disorder-driven, superconductor–insulator phase transition is demonstrated. This is in contrast with the usually observed second-order transition and highlights the role of Coulomb interactions between preformed Cooper pairs.
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