Strain is a powerful experimental tool to explore new electronic states and
understand unconventional superconductivity. Here, we investigate the effect of
uniaxial strain on the nematic and superconducting phase of single crystal FeSe
using magnetotransport measurements. We find that the resistivity response to
the strain is strongly temperature dependent and it correlates with the sign
change in the Hall coefficient being driven by scattering, coupling with the
lattice and multiband phenomena. Band structure calculations suggest that under
strain the electron pockets develop a large in-plane anisotropy as compared
with the hole pocket. Magnetotransport studies at low temperatures indicate
that the mobility of the dominant carriers increases with tensile strain. Close
to the critical temperature, all resistivity curves at constant strain cross in
a single point, indicating a universal critical exponent linked to a
strain-induced phase transition. Our results indicate that the superconducting
state is enhanced under compressive strain and suppressed under tensile strain,
in agreement with the trends observed in FeSe thin films and overdoped
pnictides, whereas the nematic phase seems to be affected in the opposite way
by the uniaxial strain. By comparing the enhanced superconductivity under
strain of different systems, our results suggest that strain on its own cannot
account for the enhanced high $T_c$ superconductivity of FeSe systems.
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