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The data are part of the publication "Signatures of a Quantum Griffiths Phase close to an Electronic Nematic Quantum Phase Transition" https://arxiv.org/abs/2103.07991 to appear in Physical Review Letters. The magnetotransport data were collected at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee up to 45T as well as in 91̽»¨ up to 16T. The raw data which are part of the figures are provided as .DAT ASCII files. Figure 1 contains an image made with Mathematica code.

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These data are part of the publication entitled "Strain-tuning of nematicity and superconductivity in single crystals of FeSe" to appear in Physical Review B (also on archive arXiv:2102.11984, https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.11984). The data collected are resistivity data measured as a function of temperature of FeSe under applied uniaxial strain. Measurements were also collected at fixed temperature by varying the applied strain. Studies were also perfomed in magnetic fields. Each data file is related to the different figures reported in the manuscript.

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The origin of intrinsic quantum criticality in the heavy-fermion superconductor $\beta$-YbAlB$_4$ has been attributed to strong Yb valence fluctuations and its peculiar crystal structure. Here, we assess these contributions individually by studying the isostructural but fixed-valence compound $\beta$-LuAlB$_4$. Quantum oscillation measurements and DFT calculations reveal a Fermi surface markedly different from that of $\beta$-YbAlB$_4$, consistent with a `large' Fermi surface there. We also find an unexpected in-plane anisotropy of the electronic structure, in contrast to the isotropic Kondo hybridization in $\beta$-YbAlB$_4$.

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FeSe is a unique superconductor that can be manipulated to enhance its superconductivity using different routes while its monolayer form grown on different substrates reaches a record high temperature for a two-dimensional system. In order to understand the role played by the substrate and the reduced dimensionality on superconductivity, we examine the superconducting properties of exfoliated FeSe thin flakes by reducing the thickness from bulk down towards 9 nm. Magnetotransport measurements performed in magnetic fields up to 16T and temperatures down to 2K help to build up complete superconducting phase diagrams of different thickness flakes. While the thick flakes resemble the bulk behaviour, by reducing the thickness the superconductivity of FeSe flakes is suppressed. In the thin limit we detect signatures of a crossover towards two-dimensional behaviour from the observation of the vortex-antivortex unbinding transition and strongly enhanced anisotropy. Our study provides detailed insights into the evolution of the superconducting properties from three-dimensional bulk behaviour towards the two-dimensional limit of FeSe in the absence of a dopant substrate.