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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…

Characterizing the dimensionality of the superconducting state in infinite-layer (IL) nickelates is essential for understanding its nature. Most studies have addressed this by examining the anisotropy of the upper critical fields. However,…

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

We report scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) measurements on uncapped and SrTiO3 (STO) capped NdNiO2 realized by pulsed-laser deposition and topotactic reduction process. We find that untreated…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-02-06 Martando Rath , Yu Chen , Guillaume Krieger , H. Sahib , Daniele Preziosi , Marco Salluzzo

Ambient-pressure superconductivity in nickelates has been capped at an onset transition temperature ($T_{c}^{onset}$) of ~50 K, a value that remains lower than the cuprate (~133 K) and iron-based (~55 K) counterparts, despite the promise…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-12 Guangdi Zhou , Heng Wang , Haoliang Huang , Yaqi Chen , Fei Peng , Wei Lv , Zihao Nie , Wei Wang , Qi-Kun Xue , Zhuoyu Chen

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…

Inherent properties of superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x films, such as the high superconducting transition temperature Tc, efficient Josephson coupling between neighboring CuO layers, and fast quasiparticle relaxation dynamics, make them a…

The newly found superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelate superconducting films has attracted much attention, because their crystalline and electronic structures are similar to high-$T_c$ cuprate superconductors. The upper critical…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-04-08 Ying Xiang , Qing Li , Yueying Li , Huan Yang , Yuefeng Nie , Hai-Hu Wen

Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates offer a new route to high-temperature superconductivity beyond the cuprates and iron-pnictides. However, the electronic reorganization that enables superconductivity in bilayer nickelates remain unresolved,…

The discovery of ambient-pressure nickelate high-temperature superconductivity provides a new platform for probing the underlying superconducting mechanisms. However, the thermodynamic metastability of Ruddlesden-Popper nickelates…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-05 Wei Lv , Zihao Nie , Heng Wang , Haoliang Huang , Guangdi Zhou , Qikun Xue , Zhuoyu Chen

The infinite-layer nickelates, isostructural to the high-Tc superconductor cuprates, have risen as a promising platform to host unconventional superconductivity and stimulated growing interests in the condensed matter community. Despite…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-11-13 Haoran Ji , Yanan Li , Yi Liu , Xiang Ding , Zheyuan Xie , Shichao Qi , Liang Qiao , Yi-feng Yang , Guang-Ming Zhang , Jian Wang

To understand the superconductivity recently discovered in Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$, we carried out LDA+DMFT (local density approximation plus dynamical mean-field theory) and magnetic force response calculations. The on-site correlation…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-02-25 Siheon Ryee , Hongkee Yoon , Taek Jung Kim , Min Yong Jeong , Myung Joon Han

Rare-earth (R) nickelates (such as perovskite RNiO3, trilayer R4Ni3O10, and infinite layer RNiO2) have attracted tremendous interest very recently. However, unlike widely studied RNiO3 and RNiO2 films, the synthesis of trilayer nickelate…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-06-19 Jiachang Bi , Yujuan Pei , Ruyi Zhang , Shaoqin Peng , Xinming Wang , Jie Sun , Jiagui Feng , Jingkai Yang , Yanwei Cao

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

The discovery of bilayer nickelate superconductors under high pressure has opened a new chapter in high-transition temperature (high-TC) superconductivity. Here, we report ambient-pressure superconductivity onset above the McMillan limit…

After being expected as a promising analogue to cuprates for decades, superconductivity was recently discovered in infinite-layer nickelates, providing new opportunities to explore mechanisms of high-temperature superconductivity. However,…

The layered square-planar nickelates, Nd$_{n+1}$Ni$_{n}$O$_{2n+2}$, are an appealing system to tune the electronic properties of square-planar nickelates via dimensionality; indeed, superconductivity was recently observed in…

Nickelate superconductors, ${R_{1-x}}{A_x}Ni{O_2}$ (where R is a rare earth metal and A = Sr, Ca), experimentally discovered in 2019 exhibit many unexplained mysteries as the existence of a superconducting state with $T_c$ up to 18 K in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-16 E. F. Talantsev

Infinite-layer nickelate superconductors are typically synthesized as thin films and thus include, besides the more bulk-like inner layers, distinct surface and interface layers in contact with the vacuum and substrate, respectively. Here,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-11-26 Leonard M. Verhoff , Liang Si , Karsten Held

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…