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In ultrathin wires positioned on high-k dielectric substrates or nearby metallic gates electrons can form strongly correlated one-dimensional fluids already at rather high electron densities. The density-density correlation function, charge…

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The families of high-temperature superconductors recently welcomed a new member: hole doped nickelate Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ with a $\sim$15K transition temperature. To understand its emergent low-energy behaviors and experimental…

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

High-$T_c$ superconductors are characterized by very low carrier densities. This feature leads to two fundamental consequences: on one hand the Fermi energies are correspondingly small and they can be of the same order of phonon…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Cappelluti , C. Grimaldi , L. Pietronero , S. Straessler

We show that the semi-classical model of conduction breaks down if the mean free path of charge carriers is smaller than a typical extension of their wavefunction. This situation is realized for sufficiently slow charge carriers and leads…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-16 Guy Trambly De Laissardière , Jean-Pierre Julien , Didier Mayou

We comparatively investigated the transport properties for S- and Te-substituted FeSe thin films under magnetic fields to clarify the origin of the contrasting behavior of the superconducting transition temperature in S and Te substitution.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-05-27 Fuyuki Nabeshima , Tomoya Ishikawa , Naoki Shikama , Atsutaka Maeda

Quasi-one-dimensional materials $A$Mn$_6$Bi$_5$ ($A$ = Na, K, Rb, Cs) exhibit unique electronic behaviors such as antiferromagnetism, charge density waves, and pressure-induced superconductivity. Thus, they serve as a suitable model system…

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Ferroelectric metals, characterized by the coexistence of ferroelectricity and metallic conductivity, present a fundamental challenge due to the screening effect of free charge carriers on the long-range electric dipole order. Existing…

We review the mesoscopic transport in a diffusive proximity superconductor made of a normal metal (N) in metallic contact with a superconductor (S). The Andreev reflection of electrons on the N-S interface is responsible for the diffusion…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 H. Courtois , Ph. Gandit , B. Pannetier , D. Mailly

We present a comparative density-functional theory plus dynamical mean-field theory (DFT+DMFT) study of the two known superconducting members of the rare-earth (R) layered nickelate family: hole-doped RNiO$_{2}$ ($n=\infty$) and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-03-01 Harrison LaBollita , Antia S. Botana

The discovery of superconducting nickelates provides a unique opportunity to explore the pairing mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. Here, we use ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy to probe the temperature-dependent superfluid…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-25 Qingming Huang , Xiaofang Fu , Junlong Wu , Laifeng Li , Liang Qiao , Ye Yang

We theoretically consider the temperature and density dependent transport properties of semiconductor-based 2D carrier systems within the RPA-Boltzmann transport theory, taking into account realistic screened charged impurity scattering in…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Das Sarma , E. H. Hwang

The correlated density appears in many physical systems ranging from dense interacting gases up to Fermi liquids which develop a coherent state at low temperatures, the superconductivity. One consequence of the correlated density is the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-11-26 Klaus Morawetz , Pavel Lipavský , Jan Koláček , Ernst Helmut Brandt , Michael Schreiber

We study heat transport in hybrid normal metal - superconductor - normal metal (NSN) structures. We find the thermal conductance of a short superconducting wire to be strongly enhanced beyond the BCS value due to inverse proximity effect.…

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The pursuit of discovering new high-temperature superconductors that diverge from the copper-based paradigm1-3 carries profound implications for elucidating mechanisms behind superconductivity and may also enable new applications4-8. Here,…

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 thin films ($\sim$10 nm) of infinite-layer hole-doped NdNiO$_2$ has invigorated the field of high-temperature superconductivity research, reviving the debate over contrasting views that nickelates that…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-15 Antia S. Botana , Kwan-Woo Lee , Michael R. Norman , Victor Pardo , Warren E. Pickett

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…

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…

This paper, based on a presentation at the Spintronics 2001 conference, provides a review of our studies on II-VI and III-V Mn-doped Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors. We use simple models appropriate for the low carrier density (insulating)…

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