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Infinite-layer nickelates present a new family of potential unconventional superconductors. A key open question is the superconducting pairing symmetry. We present low-temperature measurements of the London penetration depth in optimally…

The observation of superconductivity in infinite layer nickelate (Nd,Sr)NiO$_{2}$ thin films has led to rapid theoretical and experimental investigations of these copper-oxide-analogue systems [1-15]. Superconductivity has also been found…

The discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates establishes a new category of unconventional superconductors that share structural and electronic similarities with cuprates. Despite exciting advances, such as the…

In a recent experiment [Nature 642, 58 (2025)], a new record for the superconducting critical temperature $T_c$ among infinite-layer nickelates has been reported in doped SmNiO$_2$. Here, we use the cutting-edge dynamical vertex…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-24 Viktor Christiansson , Karsten Held

The theory of hole superconductivity explains high temperature superconductivity in cuprates as driven by pairing of hole carriers in oxygen $p\pi$ orbitals in the highly negatively charged $Cu-O$ planes. The pairing mechanism is hole…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-07 J. E. Hirsch

Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the copper oxide materials, there have been sustained efforts to both understand the origins of this phase and discover new cuprate-like superconducting materials. One prime…

The recent discovery of high-T$_{c}$ superconductivity (HTS) in Sr-doped NdNiO$_2$ has sparked a renewed interest in investigating nickelates as cuprate counterparts. Parent cuprates [Cu$^{2+}$: d$^9$] are antiferromagnetic charge-transfer…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-01-04 Jyoti Krishna , Harrison LaBollita , Adolfo O. Fumega , Victor Pardo , Antia S. Botana

By partially substituting the tri-valence element La with di-valence element Sr in $LaOFeAs$, we introduced holes into the system. For the first time, we successfully synthesized the hole doped new superconductors $(La_{1-x}Sr_x)OFeAs$. The…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-03-28 Hai-Hu Wen , Gang Mu , Lei Fang , Huan Yang , Xiyu Zhu

Recently Li et al (2019 Nature 572 624) discovered a new type of oxide superconductor Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2 with T$_c$ = 14 K. To classify superconductivity in this infinite-layer nickelate experimental upper critical field, B$_{c2}$(T), and the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-05 E. F. Talantsev

Nickelate superconductors provide a valuable new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity that is complementary to the cuprates. One of the central puzzles about high-temperature superconductors is what factors determine…

The discovery of superconductivity in Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ [1] introduced a new family of layered nickelate superconductors that has now been extended to include a range of Sr-doping [2, 3], Pr or La in place of Nd [4-6], and the…

Lattice compression has emerged as a fundamental tuning parameter for nickelate superconductivity. Pressure acts as a trigger to induce superconductivity in bulk Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates. For infinite-layer nickelate thin films,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-13 Yonghun Lee , Mengnan Wang , Xin Wei , Yijun Yu , Wendy L. Mao , Yu Lin , Harold Y. Hwang

The recent observation of superconductivity in infinite-layer Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$NiO$_2$ thin films has attracted a lot of attention, since this compound is electronically and structurally analogous to the superconducting cuprates. Due to the…

Superconductivity with a remarkably high $T_c$ has recently been found in Sr-doped NdNiO$_2$ thin films. While this system bears strong similarities to the cuprates, some differences, such as a weaker antiferromagnetic exchange coupling and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-01-15 Philipp Werner , Shintaro Hoshino

The discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates has added a new family of materials to the fascinating growing class of unconventional superconductors. By incorporating the strongly correlated multi-orbital nature of the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-08-15 Andreas Kreisel , Brian M. Andersen , Astrid T. Rømer , Ilya M. Eremin , Frank Lechermann

Progress in the study of infinite-layer nickelates has always been highly linked to materials advances. In particular, the recent development of superconductivity via hole-doping was predicated on the controlled synthesis of Ni in a very…

After three decades of enormous scientific inquiry, the emergence of superconductivity in the cuprates remains an unsolved puzzle. One major challenge has been to arrive at a satisfactory understanding of the unusual metallic normal state…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-02-28 Yangmu Li , W. Tabis , Y. Tang , G. Yu , J. Jaroszynski , N. Barišić , M. Greven

The discovery of superconductivity in Sr-doped NdNiO$_{2}$ is a crucial breakthrough in the long pursuit for nickel oxide materials with electronic and magnetic properties similar to those of the cuprates. NdNiO$_2$ is the infinite-layer…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-08-05 Emilian M. Nica , Jyoti Krishna , Rong Yu , Qimiao Si , Antia S. Botana , Onur Erten

We report the observation of superconductivity in infinite-layer Ca-doped LaNiO$_2$ (La$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$NiO$_2$) thin films and construct their phase diagram. Unlike the metal-insulator transition in Nd- and Pr-based nickelates, the undoped…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-25 S. W. Zeng , C. J. Li , L. E. Chow , Y. Cao , Z. T. Zhang , C. S. Tang , X. M. Yin , Z. S. Lim , J. X. Hu , P. Yang , A. Ariando

The recent discovery of superconductivity in hole-doped NdNiO$_2$ thin films has captivated the condensed matter physics community. Such compounds with a formal Ni$^+$ valence have been theoretically proposed as possible analogues of the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-12-29 Francesco Petocchi , Viktor Christiansson , Fredrik Nilsson , Ferdi Aryasetiawan , Philipp Werner