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Recently discovered superconducting infinite-layer nickelates $R$NiO$_2$ ($R$=Nd, La, Pr) attract increasing attention due to their similarities to cuprates. Both $R$NiO$_2$ and YBCO cuprates exhibit the non-Fermi-liquid transport behavior,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-10 Shinichi Hiragami , Seiichiro Onari

Superconductivity has been discovered recently in nickel based 112 infinite thin films $R_{1-x}$A$_x$NiO$_2$ ($R$ = La, Nd, Pr and A = Sr, Ca). They are isostructural to the infinite-layer cuprate (Ca,Sr)CuO$_2$ and are supposed to have a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-01-14 Qiangqiang Gu , Hai-Hu Wen

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,…

Recently superconductivity at 9 - 15 K was discovered in an infinite-layer nickelate (Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ films), which has received enormous attention. Since the $Ni^{1+}$ ionic state in NdNiO$_2$ may have the $3d^9$ outer-shell…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-04-06 Qing Li , Chengping He , Jin Si , Xiyu Zhu , Yue Zhang , Hai-Hu Wen

The square-planar layered nickelates R$_{n+1}$Ni$_n$O$_{2n+2}$ (R= Nd, $n=4-7$) have been recently shown to be superconducting without the need for chemical doping or pressure. Here, we examine the electronic structure of the analog…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-31 Alexander K. Gavrilov , Lidia C. Santander , Antia S. Botana

Infinite-layer nickelates are among the most promising cuprate-akin superconductors, although relevant differences from copper oxides have been reported. Here, we present momentum- and polarization-resolved RIXS measurements on chemically…

Magnetic interactions are thought to play a key role in the properties of many unconventional superconductors, including cuprates, iron pnictides, and square-planar nickelates. Superconductivity was also recently observed in the bilayer and…

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

Superconductivity in square BX$_2$-plane-based materials currently is only found in $d^9$ configuration. This raises a question that whether other configurations $d^{n}$ ($n\neq 9$) of transition metals in the prototype of square BX$_2$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-04-04 Zi-Jian Lang

The recent discovery of superconductivity in oxygen-reduced monovalent nickelates has raised a new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity, with similarities and differences with the cuprate high temperature…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-16 Emily Been , Wei-Sheng Lee , Harold Y. Hwang , Yi Cui , Jan Zaanen , Thomas Devereaux , Brian Moritz , Chunjing Jia

Charge order is a central feature of the physics of cuprate superconductors and is known to arise from a modulation of holes with primarily oxygen character. Low-valence nickelate superconductors also host charge order, but the electronic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-29 Y. Shen , J. Sears , G. Fabbris , J. Li , J. Pelliciari , M. Mitrano , W. He , Junjie Zhang , J. F. Mitchell , V. Bisogni , M. R. Norman , S. Johnston , M. P. M. Dean

Nickel-based superconductors provide a long-awaited experimental platform to explore possible cuprate-like superconductivity. Despite similar crystal structure and $d$ electron filling, these systems exhibit several differences. Nickelates…

The discovery of nickelate superconductors has opened a new arena for studying the behavior of correlated electron liquids that give rise to unconventional superconductivity. While critical information about a material's charge dynamics is…

The discovery of infinite layer nickelate superconductor marks the new era in the field of superconductivity. In the rare-earth (Re) nickelates ReNiO2, although the Ni is also of d9 electronic configuration, analogous to Cu d9 in cuprates,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-27 Peiheng Jiang , Liang Si , Zhaoliang Liao , Zhicheng Zhong

Bilayer Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates display superconductivity near 80 K under high pressure, establishing a new nickelate platform for studying unconventional high-temperature superconductivity. The recent stabilization of superconducting…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-05-13 Meng Zhang , Xi Yan

The recent discovery of superconductivity in Sr-doped NdNiO$_2$ films grown on SrTiO$_3$ started a novel field within unconventional superconductivity. To understand the similarities and differences between nickelate and cuprate layers on…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-13 Yang Zhang , Ling-Fang Lin , Wenjun Hu , Adriana Moreo , Shuai Dong , Elbio Dagotto

Motivated by the potential for cuprate-like superconductivity in monolayer rare-earth nickelate superlattices, we study the effects of crystal field splitting, lattice distortions and strain on the charge, magnetic, and orbital order in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-11-12 Rodrigo Chavez Zavaleta , Stepan Fomichev , Giniyat Khaliullin , Mona Berciu

Recently discovered superconductivity in hole-doped nickelate Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ has attracted intensive attention in the field. An immediate question is how to improve its superconducting properties. Guided by the key…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-12-15 Zi-Jian Lang , Ruoshi Jiang , Wei Ku

The discovery of superconductivity with Tc ~ 80 K in the nickelate Ruddlesden-Popper bilayer La3Ni2O7 at high pressure has opened a new platform for unconventional superconductivity, followed by the subsequent observation of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-22 Yang Zhang , Ling-Fang Lin , Thomas A. Maier , Elbio Dagotto

Based on first-principles calculations including a Coulomb repulsion term, we identify trends in the electronic reconstruction of $A$NiO$_2$/SrTiO$_3$(001) ($A=$ Pr, La) and $A$CuO$_2$/SrTiO$_3$(001) ($A=$ Ca, Sr). Common to all cases is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-03-22 Benjamin Geisler , Rossitza Pentcheva