# Linking the pseudo-gap in the cuprates with local symmetry breaking: a commentary

## TL;DR

This paper discusses the connection between the pseudogap phenomenon in cuprate superconductors and local symmetry breaking, highlighting recent evidence for a vestigial nematic state in the pseudogap phase.

## Contribution

It provides a commentary linking the pseudogap to local symmetry breaking and reviews recent experimental evidence for nematic order in cuprates.

## Key findings

- Evidence for vestigial nematic state in cuprates
- Link between pseudogap and local symmetry breaking
- Discussion of recent experimental results

## Abstract

Perspective on S. Mukhopadhyay, et al. Evidence for a vestigial nematic state in the cuprate pseudogap phase, PNAS 116, 13249 (2019); arXiv:1904.00915.