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The observation of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates has attracted significant attention due to its potential as a new platform for exploring high $ \mathrm{\textit{T}}_{c} $ superconductivity. However, thus far,…

In unconventional superconductors such as cuprates and iron pnictides and chalcogenides, phase stiffness - a measure of the energy cost associated with superconducting phase variations - is on the same order of magnitude as the strength of…

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…

The critical temperature of an underdoped cuprate superconductor is limited by its phase stiffness $\rho$. In this Letter we argue that the dependence of $\rho$ on doping $x$ should be understood as a consequence of deleterious competition…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-13 Wei-Cheng Lee , Jairo Sinova , A. A. Burkov , Yogesh Joglekar , A. H. MacDonald

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…

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

High transition temperature (high-Tc) superconductivity is associated with layered crystal structures. This work considers superconductivity in ultra-thin crystals (of thickness equal to the transverse structural periodicity distance d for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-02-03 Dale R. Harshman , Anthony T. Fiory

We report on high-pressure (p_max = 2.1 GPa) muon spin rotation experiments probing the temperature-dependent magnetic penetration depth in the layered superconductor 2H-NbSe_2. Upon increasing the pressure, we observe a substantial…

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 nickelate superconductivity provided the first example of a non-copper-based material with superconductivity strongly analogous to the cuprates, but recent findings raise questions and inconsistencies around the electron…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-11-05 Y. N. Huang , D. J. Singh

The doping dependence of the superfluid density $\rho_{\text{s}}$ exhibits distinct behaviors in the underdoping and overdoping regimes of the cuprate, while the superconducting (SC) transition temperature $T_c$ generally scales with…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-25 Zeyu Han , Zhi-Jian Song , Jia-Xin Zhang , Zheng-Yu Weng

The new family of superconducting nickelates centered around La$_{3}$Ni$_{2}$O$_{7}$ possesses attractive features, such as the high transition temperature and the presence of an antiferromagnetic ground state at ambient pressure,…

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

Intertwined superconducting and magnetic orders may give rise to exotic quantum phases, including field-induced and re-entrant superconductivity. However, such magnetism-enhanced superconductivity has remained elusive in superconductors…

One of the first finding concerning the superconducting (SC) density $n_{\rm sc}$ in cuprates was their small magnitudes that revealed the importance of phase fluctuations. More recently, measurements in a variety of overdoped cuprates…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-02-24 E. V. L. de Mello

The challenge of understanding high-temperature superconductivity has led to a plethora of ideas, but 30 years after its discovery in cuprates, very few have achieved convincing experimental validation. While Hubbard and t-J models were…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-11-22 Dragan Mihailovic

The origin of the exceptionally strong superconductivity of cuprates remains a subject of debate after more than two decades of investigation. Here we follow a new lead: The onset temperature for superconductivity scales with the strength…

Superconductivity · Physics 2015-05-18 Louis Taillefer

The recent observation of superconductivity in Nd$_{0.8}$Sr$_{0.2}$NiO$_2$ has raised fundamental questions about the hierarchy of the underlying electronic structure. Calculations suggest that this system falls in the Mott-Hubbard regime,…

The recently emerging superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelates, with isostructure and isoelectron of cuprates, provides a new platform to explore the pairing mechanism of high-temperature superconductors. In this work, we studied the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-06-14 Wei Wei , Wenjie Sun , Yue Sun , Gangjian Jin , Feng Yang , Yueying Li , Zengwei Zhu , Yuefeng Nie , Zhixiang Shi

Several reports about infinite-layer nickelate thin films suggest that the superconducting critical temperature versus chemical doping phase diagram has a dome-like shape, similar to cuprates. Here, we demonstrate a highly reproducible…