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The recent observation of unconventional superconductivity in thin films of LaNiO2 (critical temperature, Tc~10 K) and in bulk single crystals of La3Ni2O7 (327) under pressure (Tc~80 K), has brought to light a long sought-after class of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-03-18 S. Rathnayaka , S. Yano , K. Kawashima , J. Akimitsu , C. M. Brown , J. Neuefeind , D. Louca

We investigate the structural and electronic conditions conducive to superconductivity in layered nickelates using density functional theory with Hubbard corrections (DFT+$U$). For both the bilayer and 1-3 polymorphs of La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$,…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-16 Bipasa Samanta , Alexandru B. Georgescu

The pairing symmetry of the recently discovered bilayer nickelate superconductor La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ is a subject of intense debate in condensed matter physics, with the two leading theoretical candidates being a sign-reversing $s_{\pm}$-wave…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-04-21 Yicheng Xiong , Yanmei Cai , Tianxing Ma

The observation of high-$T_c$ superconductivity in bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under high pressure provides a new venue for exploring novel unconventional superconductors and elucidating the mechanism of high-$T_c$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-10 Yingying Gao , Wei Zhou , W. H. Guo , Chunqiang Xu , H. F. Chen , Z. D. Han , Xiaofeng Xu , Yinzhong Wu , Bin Qian

Nickelates have continued to surprise since their unconventional superconductivity was discovered. Recently, the layered nickelate La$_5$Ni$_3$O$_{11}$ with hybrid single-layer and bilayer stacking showed superconductivity under high…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-07 Yang Zhang , Ling-Fang Lin , Adriana Moreo , Satoshi Okamoto , Thomas A. Maier , Elbio Dagotto

The recent discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under high pressure has stimulated intensive investigations concerning its paring mechanism and a correct description of its effective low-energy physics.…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-01-17 Jiangfan Wang , Yi-feng Yang

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…

Recently, a bulk nickelate superconductor $\mathrm{La_3Ni_2O_7}$ is discovered at pressures with a remarkable high transition temperature $T_c \sim 80K$. Here, we study a Hubbard model with tight-binding parameters derived from \textit{ab…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-03-28 Wéi Wú , Zhihui Luo , Dao-Xin Yao , Meng Wang

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

Recently, a signature of high-temperature superconductivity above the liquid nitrogen temperature (77 K) was reported for $La_{3}Ni_{2}O_{7-\delta}$ under pressure. This finding immediately stimulated intense interest in the possible…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-06-13 Dan Zhao , Yanbing Zhou , Mengwu Huo , Yu Wang , Linpeng Nie , Ye Yang , Jianjun Ying , Meng Wang , Tao Wu , Xianhui Chen

The difficulty of determining cation concentrations and oxygen stoichiometry in infinite-layer nickelate thin films has so far prevented clear experimental identification of the nickel electron configuration in the superconducting phase. We…

We introduce a concept of hidden ladders for the bilayer Ruddlesden-Popper type compounds: While the crystal structure is bilayer, $d_{xz}$ ($d_{yz}$) orbitals in the relevant $t_{2g}$ sector of the transition metal form a two-leg ladder…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-11-22 Daisuke Ogura , Hideo Aoki , Kazuhiko Kuroki

Recent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) experiments on La$_{2.85}$Pr$_{0.15}$Ni$_2$O$_7$ thin films have revealed a superconducting gap near the diagonal direction for the $d_{x^2-y^2}$ orbital, confined to a narrow…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-08-08 Junkang Huang , Tao Zhou

Recently discovered high-$T_c$ superconductivity in thin-film bilayer nickelates La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ under ambient pressure has attracted great interest. Non-Fermi-liquid transport behaviors, such as $T$-linear resistivity and a positive Hall…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-13 Seiichiro Onari , Daisuke Inoue , Rina Tazai , Youichi Yamakawa , Hiroshi Kontani

A central issue in the physics of high temperature superconductors is to understand superconductivity within a single copper-oxide layer or bilayer, the fundamental structural unit in the cuprates, and how it is lost with underdoping. As…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-12-17 Iulian Hetel , Thomas R. Lemberger , Mohit Randeria

We report a comprehensive study of electronic band structure for single-layer (SL) and bilayer (BL) RP-nickelates probed by in-situ HP X-ray absorption near edge spectroscopy (XANES). At ambient pressure (AP), the energy splitting delta_E…

The discovery of superconductivity under high pressure with $T_c$ exceeding 80 K in a bilayer nickelate La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ has led to a strong desire to realize similar high $T_c$ phenomena at ambient pressure. As one possible path toward…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-02-20 Masayuki Ochi , Hirofumi Sakakibara , Hidetomo Usui , Kazuhiko Kuroki

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

High-temperature superconductivity in pressurized and strained bilayer nickelates (La,Pr)$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$ has emerged as a new frontier. One of the key unresolved issues concerns the fermiology that underlies superconductivity. On both…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-12-09 Siheon Ryee , Niklas Witt , Giorgio Sangiovanni , Tim O. Wehling

Ruddlesden-Popper (RP) nickelates have recently emerged as a new family of high-temperature superconductors. In bilayer RP nickelates, magnetic excitations with large exchange couplings have been observed, supporting a spin-mediated pairing…