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We report evidence for superconductivity with onset temperatures up to 11 K in thin films of the infinite-layer nickelate parent compound NdNiO$_2$. A combination of oxide molecular-beam epitaxy and atomic hydrogen reduction yields samples…
The latest discovery of high temperature superconductivity near 80K in La3Ni2O7 under high pressure has attracted much attention. Many proposals are put forth to understand the origin of superconductivity.The determination of electronic…
We report the synthesizing and characterization of the hole doped Ni-based superconductor ($La_{1-x}Sr_{x})NiAsO$. By substituting La with Sr, the superconducting transition temperature $T_c$ is increased from 2.4 K of the parent phase…
In the present work we report the band structure calculations for the high temperature superconductor Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$ in the regime of strong electronic correlations within an LDA+GTB method, which combines the local density…
The recent discovery of possible high temperature superconductivity in single crystals of $La_3Ni_2O_7$ under pressure renews the interest in research on nickelates. The DFT calculations reveal that both $d_{z^2}$ and $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbitals…
We elucidate the electronic structure and quantum many-body instabilities of the monolayer nickelate La2NiO4 under hydrostatic pressure using a combination of density functional theory, dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT), and random…
We propose that the superconductivity recently observed in Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ with critical temperature in the range $9$ K to $15$ K results from the same charge carriers and the same mechanism that we have proposed give rise to…
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 interplay of multiorbital physics and nonlocal self-energy effects is studied within an effective three-orbital model for the high-pressure normal state of superconducting bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$. The model is solved within…
Infinite-layer nickelates ($R$NiO$_2$) exhibit some distinct differences as compared to cuprate superconductors, leading to a debate concerning the role of rare-earth ions ($R$=La, Pr, Nd) in the low-energy many-body physics. Although…
We present electronic structure calculations on layered nickelate oxyfluorides derived from the Ruddlesden-Popper arisotype structure in search of unidentified materials that may host nickelate superconductivity. By performing anion…
Motivated by the recent realization of the infinite-layer nickelate superconductivity (SC), we quantitatively investigate a two-orbital $d$-$s$ model by dynamic cluster quantum Monte Carlo calculations. Focusing on the impact of…
Effective models are constructed for a newly discovered superconductor (Nd,Sr)NiO2, which has been considered as a possible nickelate analogue of the cuprates owing to the d9 electron configuration. Estimation of the effective interaction,…
Through CaH2 chemical reduction of a parent R3+Ni3+O3 perovskite form, superconductivity was recently achieved in Sr-doped NdNiO2 on SrTiO3 substrate. Using density functional theory (DFT) calculations, we find that stoichiometric NdNiO2 is…
We review the electronic structure of nickelate superconductors with and without effects of electronic correlations. As a minimal model we identify the one-band Hubbard model for the Ni 3$d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbital plus a pocket around the…
Rare-earth nickelates RNiO$_2$ adopting an infinite-layer phase show superconductivity once La, Pr or Nd are substituted by a divalent cation. Either in the pristine or doped form, these materials are reported to adopt a high symmetry,…
Discovery of high-$T_c$ superconductivity (SC) in the bilayer nickelate series La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ have attracted substantial interest, providing a new platform for exploring unconventional SC. Certain experimental evidence has pointed to a…
The series of nickel-oxide compounds LaNiO$_3$ (formal Ni$(d^7)$), La$_2$NiO$_4$ (formal Ni$(d^8)$) and LaNiO$_2$ (formal Ni$(d^9)$) is investigated by first-principles many-body, using a combination of density functional theory,…
A variety of nickel oxide compounds have long been studied for their manifestation of various correlated electron phenomena. Recently, superconductivity was observed in nanoscale infinite layer nickelate thin films of…
Motivated by the recent observation of superconductivity in strontium doped NdNiO$_2$, we study the superconducting instabilities in this system from various vantage points. Starting with first-principles calculations, we construct two…