The discovery of charge-density-wave order in the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O6+y places charge order centre stage with superconductivity, suggesting that they are intertwined rather than competing.
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Fradkin, E., Kivelson, S. Ineluctable complexity. Nature Phys 8, 864–866 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2498
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