The recent discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates generates tremendous research endeavors, but the ground state of their parent compounds is still under debate. Here, we report experimental evidences for the dominant role of Kondo scattering in the underdoped Nd1-xSrxNiO2 thin films. A resistivity minimum associated with logarithmic temperature dependence in both longitudinal and Hall resistivities are observed in the underdoped Nd1-xSrxNiO2 samples before the superconducting transition. A linear scaling behavior σxyAHE∼σxx between anomalous Hall conductivity σxyAHE and conductivity σxx is revealed, verifying the dominant Kondo scattering at low temperature. The effect of weak (anti-)localization is found to be secondary. Our experiments can help clarifying the basic physics in the underdoped Nd1-xSrxNiO2 infinite-layer thin films.
@article{arxiv.2209.06400,
title = {Kondo scattering in underdoped Nd1-xSrxNiO2 infinite-layer superconducting thin films},
author = {T. N. Shao and Z. T. Zhang and Y. J. Qiao and Q. Zhao and H. W. Liu and X. X. Chen and W. M. Jiang and C. L. Yao and X. Y. Chen and M. H. Chen and R. F. Dou and C. M. Xiong and G. M. Zhang and Y. -F. Yang and J. C. Nie},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.06400},
year = {2022}
}