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Signatures of superconductivity under pressure have recently been reported in the bilayer La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ and trilayer La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates with general chemical formula La$_{n+1}$Ni$_n$O$_{3n+1}$ ($n=$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-07-14 Yi-Feng Zhao , Antia S. Botana

We theoretically investigate a freestanding membrane of infinite-layer nickelate Nd$_{0.85}$Sr$_{0.15}$NiO$_2$ under pressure by constructing a seven-orbital effective model based on first-principles calculations. By performing the…

Superconductivity in infinite layer nickelates Nd1-xSrxNiO2 has so far been achieved only in thin films raising questions on the role of substrates and interfaces. Given the challenges associated with their synthesis it is imperative to…

We study the magnetic and spectral properties of a single-band Hubbard model for the infinite-layer nickelate compound LaNiO$_2$. As spatial correlations turn out to be the key ingredient for understanding its physics, we use two…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-22 Marcel Klett , Philipp Hansmann , Thomas Schäfer

The status of nickelate superconductors in relation to cuprate high temperature superconductors is one of the concepts being discussed in high temperature superconductivity in correlated transition metal oxides. New additions to the class…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-04-14 Hyo-Sun Jin , W. E. Pickett , K. -W. Lee

The breakthrough discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates, and subsequently in several superconducting nickelates with more complex layered structures, capped a search spanning more than two decades and opened an entirely…

The recent discovery of superconductivity in Ruddlesden-Popper bilayer nickelate, specifically La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$, has generated significant interest in the exploration of high-temperature superconductivity within this material family. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-26 Haozhe Wang , Long Chen , Aya Rutherford , Haidong Zhou , Weiwei Xie

A polymorph of the bilayer nickelate La3Ni2O7 that displays an alternating single-layer (SL) and trilayer (TL; 1313) stacking pattern has recently been discovered. Signatures of superconductivity under pressure have been found in this…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-23 Shekhar Sharma , Yi-Feng Zhao , Antia S. Botana

The discovery of superconductivity in hole-doped infinite layer nickelates, RNiO2 (R = Nd, Pr, La) has garnered sustained interest in the field. A definitive picture of low-energy many-body states has not yet emerged. We provide new…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-03-28 Gheorghe Lucian Pascut , Lucian Cosovanu , Kristjan Haule , Khandker F. Quader

It has been recently shown that under pressure trilayer Ruddlesden-Popper nickelate La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ (LNO) becomes superconducting below a critical temperature $\sim$20 K, in addition to the infinite-layer and bilayer systems. Motivated…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-12 I. V. Leonov

We present a theoretical prediction of a phonon-mediated two-gap superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ by performing $\textit{ab initio}$ $GW$ and $GW$ perturbation theory calculations. Electron $GW$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-09-20 Zhenglu Li , Steven G. Louie

Since the discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates RNiO$_2$ (R=La, Pr, Nd), great research efforts have been paid to unveil its underlying superconducting mechanism. However, the physical origin of the intriguing…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-07-20 T. Y. Xie , Z. Liu , Chao Cao , Z. F. Wang , J. L. Yang , W. Zhu

Superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates holds exciting analogies with that of cuprates, with similar structures and $3d$-electron count. Using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) we studied electronic and magnetic excitations…

The recent observation of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelate Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_{2}$ has received considerable attention. Despite the many efforts to understand the superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates, a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-06-25 Qiang Gao , Yuchen Zhao , Xingjiang Zhou , Zhihai Zhu

Infinite-layer nickelates $R_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$NiO$_{2}$ ($R$ = La, Pr, Nd) are a class of superconductors with structural similarities to cuprates. Although long-range antiferromagnetic order has not been observed for these materials, magnetic…

The recent discovery of superconductivity in La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ and La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ under high pressure stimulates intensive research interests. These nickelates crystallize in an orthogonal/monoclinic structure with tilted NiO$_6$…

Extensive X-ray and neutron scattering experiments and additional transmission electron microscopy results reveal the partial decomposition of Nd2-xCexCuO4 (NCCO) in a low-oxygen-fugacity environment such as that typically realized during…

Topotactic reduction utilizing metal hydrides as reagents emerges as an effective approach to achieve exceptionally low oxidization states of metal ions and unconventional coordination networks. This method opens avenues to the development…

We report a determinant quantum Monte Carlo study of a two-band model, inspired by infinite-layer nickelates, focusing on the influence of interlayer hybridization between $3d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbitals derived from Ni (or Ni and O) in one layer…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-06-10 Fangze Liu , Cheng Peng , Edwin W. Huang , Brian Moritz , Chunjing Jia , Thomas P. Devereaux

In the present study, we explore superconductivity in NdNiO$_2$ and LaNiO$_2$ employing a first-principles derived low-energy model Hamiltonian, consisting of two orbitals: Ni $x^{2}$-$y^{2}$, and an {\it axial} orbital. The {\it axial}…