We analyze pressure effects on stripe states within a selfconsistent Hartree-Fock calculation for a model of a striped nickelates. The results show a transition induced by high pressure and predict possible new spin states. We describe characteristics in the phonon excitations at the predicted transition, based on a real-space random phase approximation.
We report on a comprehensive study of the electronic and magnetic structure of the striped nickelate La5/3Sr1/3NiO4. The investigation is carried out using band structure calculations based on density functional theory. A magnetic structure compatible with experiment is obtained from spin-polarized calculations within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA), whereas inclusion of a local Coulomb interaction in the LDA+U framework results in a different ground state. The influence of the various interaction parameters is discussed in detail.
Nucleation processes of mixed-phase states are an intrinsic characteristic of first-order phase transitions, typically related to local symmetry breaking. Direct observation of emerging mixed-phase regions in materials showing a first-order metal-insulator transition (MIT) offers unique opportunities to uncover their driving mechanism. Using photoemission electron microscopy, we image the nanoscale formation and growth of insulating domains across the temperature-driven MIT in NdNiO3 epitaxial thin films. Heteroepitaxy is found to strongly determine the nanoscale nature of the phase transition…
We study the influence of disorder and lattice effects on the striped phase and the incommensurate spin fluctuations of the cuprates and nickelates. Starting from a phenomenological model of a discrete quantum string on a lattice with disorder, we derive the renormalisation group equations in leading order in the lattice and disorder strength. Three regimes are identified, the quantum membrane phase, the flat phase pinned by the lattice and the disorder pinned phase. We compare our results with measurements on nickelates and cuprates and find good agreement.
Ground-state properties of layered nickelates are investigated based on the orbital-degenerate Hubbard model coupled with lattice distortions, by using umerical techniques. The Néel state composed of spin S=1 ions is confirmed in the undoped limit x=0. At x=1/2, novel antiferromagnetic states, called CE- and E-type phases, are found by increasing the Hund's coupling. (3 x^2 - r^2 / 3 y^2 - r^2)-type orbital ordering is predicted to occur in a checkerboard-type charge-ordered state. At x=1/3, both Coulombic and phononic interactions are found to be important, since the former stabilizes the spi…
Using time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau theory, we study the role of amplitude and phase fluctuations in the recovery of charge and spin stripe phases in response to a pump pulse that melts the orders. For parameters relevant to the case where charge order precedes spin order thermodynamically, amplitude recovery governs the initial time scales, while phase recovery controls behavior at longer times. In addition to these intrinsic effects, there is a longer spin re-orientation time scale related to the scattering geometry that dominates the recovery of the spin phase. Coupling between the charge …
A full implementation of the $ab$ $initio$ density functional plus dynamical mean field theory (DFT+DMFT) formalism to perform total energy calculations and structural relaxations is proposed and implemented. The method is applied to the structural and metal-insulator transitions of the rare earth nickelate perovskites as a function of rare earth ion, pressure, and temperature. In contrast to previous DFT and DFT+$U$ theories, the present method accounts for the experimentally observed structure of $La$NiO$_3$ and the insulating nature of the other perovskites, and quantitatively reproduces th…
We investigate the two-dimensional t-J model at a hole doping of x = 1/8 and J/t = 0.35 with exact diagonalization. The low-energy states are uniform (not striped). We find numerous excited states with charge density wave structures, which may be interpreted as striped phases. Some of these are consistent with neutron scattering data on the cuprates and nickelates.
Single-crystal structural phase diagram of stoichiometric bilayer nickelate La3Ni2O7 under hydrostatic pressure
The University of Tokyo(东京大学);RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)(理化学研究所 新兴物质科学中心);Tohoku University(东北大学);Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)(日本同步辐射研究所);Tokyo College, The University of Tokyo(东京大学东京学院);Institute of Engineering Innovation, The University of Tokyo(东京大学工程创新研究所);RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI)(理化学研究所 先驱研究 institute)
Ab initio calculations predict a metal-insulator transition at zero temperature to occur in La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_8$ at moderate pressures as a result of a pressure-induced spin-state transition. The spin-state transition that is seen at 105 K at ambient pressure from a low-temperature high-spin state to a high-temperature low-spin state has been observed to be shifted to lower temperatures as pressure is applied. From our calculations we find that a smaller unit cell volume favors the metallic low-spin state, which becomes more stable at 5 GPa. Similar physics should take place in the related compou…
The dynamics of an order parameter's amplitude and phase determines the collective behaviour of novel states emerged in complex materials. Time- and momentum-resolved pump-probe spectroscopy, by virtue of its ability to measure material properties at atomic and electronic time scales and create excited states not accessible by the conventional means can decouple entangled degrees of freedom by visualizing their corresponding dynamics in the time domain. Here, combining time-resolved femotosecond optical and resonant x-ray diffraction measurements on striped La1.75Sr0.25NiO4, we reveal unforese…
The control of materials properties with light is a promising approach towards the realization of faster and smaller electronic devices. With phases that can be controlled via strain, pressure, chemical composition or dimensionality, nickelates are good candidates for the development of a new generation of high performance and low consumption devices. Here we analyze the photoinduced dynamics in a single crystalline NdNiO$_3$ film upon excitation across the electronic gap. Using time-resolved reflectivity and resonant x-ray diffraction, we show that the pump pulse induces an insulator-to-metal…
Theoretical study of superconductivity in freestanding infinite-layer nickelate membranes under pressure: mitigation of excess correlation enhances $T_c$
Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University(鸟取大学工学部);Department of Physics, Osaka University(大阪大学物理学系);Forefront Research Center, University of Osaka(大阪大学前沿研究中心);Advanced Mechanical and Electronic System Research Center(AMES), Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University(鸟取大学工学部先进机电系统研究中心)
Single crystals of the metallic Ruddlesden-Popper trilayer nickelates R$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ (R=La, Pr) were successfully grown using an optical-image floating zone furnace under oxygen pressure (pO$_2$) of 20 bar for La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ and 140 bar for Pr$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$. A combination of synchrotron and laboratory x-ray single crystal diffraction, high-resolution synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction and measurements of physical properties revealed that R$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$ (R=La, Pr) crystallizes in the monoclinic $P$2$_1$/$a$ (Z=2) space group at room temperature, and that a metastable ortho…
Polar, checkerboard charge order in bilayer nickelate La3Ni2O7
The University of Tokyo(东京大学);Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所(北京凝聚态物理国家实验室));University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)(日本同步辐射研究所)
Magnetic Correlations and Pairing Tendencies of the Hybrid Stacking Nickelate Superlattice La$_7$Ni$_5$O$_{17}$ (La$_3$Ni$_2$O$_7$/La$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$) under Pressure
Single crystals of PrNiO3 were grown under an oxygen pressure of 295 bar using a unique high-pressure optical-image floating zone furnace. The crystals, with volume in excess of 1 mm3, were characterized structurally using single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction. Resistivity, specific heat, and magnetic susceptibility were measured, all of which evidenced an abrupt, first order metal-insulator transition (MIT) at ~130 K, in agreement with previous literature reports on polycrystalline specimens. Temperature-dependent single crystal diffraction was performed to investigate changes through t…
A-122 pnictides (A an alkaline earth element) possess striped antiferromagnetic states of orthorhombic (OR) symmetry and nonmagnetic states of tetragonal (T) symmetry. Based on total energy calculations, we show that the T = 0K pressure-driven transition from OR to T states occurs at a pressure, $P_H$, where the tetragonal enthalpy drops below the orthorhombic. The OR state remains metastable up to a higher pressure, $P_M$ > $P_H$. We find anomalies in magnetism and orthorhombicity as $P \rightarrow P_M$, and a trend towards elastic instability.
Ultrafast Magneto-Pressure Spectroscopy and Control of Correlated Phases in a Trilayer Nickelate
Ames National Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy(艾姆斯国家实验室);Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University(爱荷华州立大学物理与天文学系);Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory(阿贡国家实验室材料科学部);School of Physics, Southeast University(东南大学物理学院);Department of Physics, University of Alabama at Birmingham(阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校物理系)
Density-wave order enhances the phonon thermal Hall effect in a trilayer nickelate
Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology(华中科技大学物理学院);State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University(复旦大学物理系);State Key Laboratory of Quantum Functional Materials, School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University(上海科技大学物理科学与技术学院);Department of Physics, Tsinghua University(清华大学物理系)
Bulk superconductivity in quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate La6Ni5O12
University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University(南京大学先进微结构协同创新中心)
The material class of rare earth nickelates with high Ni$^{3+}$ oxidation state is generating continued interest due to the occurrence of a metal-insulator transition with charge order and the appearance of non-collinear magnetic phases within this insulating regime. The recent theoretical prediction for superconductivity in LaNiO$_3$ thin films has also triggered intensive research efforts. LaNiO$_3$ seems to be the only rare earth nickelate that stays metallic and paramagnetic down to lowest temperatures. So far, centimetre-sized impurity-free single crystal growth has not been reported for …
Bulk superconductivity up to 96 K in pressurized nickelate single crystals
State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Institute of Crystal Materials, Shandong University(山东大学晶体材料研究所);Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research(高压科学和技术先进研究中心);Shanghai Key Laboratory of Material Frontiers Research in Extreme Environments (MFree), Shanghai Advanced Research in Physical Sciences (SHARPS)(极端环境材料前沿研究上海市重点实验室(MFree),上海物理科学先进研究中心(SHARPS));Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所,凝聚态物理国家实验室);School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学物理科学学院);CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology(中国科学院纳米技术标准化与计量重点实验室,国家纳米科学中心);Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics, Zhengzhou University(郑州大学物理学院,教育部材料物理重点实验室);Institute of Quantum Materials and Physics, Henan Academy of Sciences(河南省科学院量子材料与物理研究所);NSF’s ChemMatCARS, The University of Chicago(芝加哥大学,美国国家科学基金会化学-材料束线组合站(ChemMatCARS));School of Materials and Energy, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(电子科技大学材料与能源学院);Huzhou Key Laboratory of Smart and Clean Energy, Yangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(电子科技大学长三角研究院(湖州),湖州市智能清洁能源重点实验室);Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院上海高等研究院,上海同步辐射光源);Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute(日本同步辐射研究机构);NanoTerasu Promotion Division, Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI)(日本同步辐射研究机构(JASRI)纳米terasu推进部)
Structural symmetry effects on the competition of density waves and superconductivity in bilayer nickelates
Ruhr-Universität Bochum(波鸿鲁尔大学);Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院物理研究所(北京凝聚态物理国家研究中心));School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学物理科学学院)
In strongly correlated materials, lattice, charge, spin and orbital degrees of freedom interact with each other, leading to emergent physical properties such as superconductivity, colossal magnetic resistance and metal-insulator transition. Quasi-2D square planar nickelates, Rn+1NinO2n+2 (R=rare earth, n=2, 3...), are of significant interest and long sought for cuprate analogue due to the 3d9 electronic configuration of Ni+, the same as the active ion Cu2+ in the high-Tc superconducting cuprates. The field has attracted intense attention since 2019 due to the discovery of superconductivity in …
High-temperature superconductivity in Nd$_{0.85}$Sr$_{0.15}$NiO$_2$ membranes under pressure
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(SLAC国家加速器实验室);Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences(斯坦福材料能源科学研究所);Stanford University(斯坦福大学);Fudan University(复旦大学)
Distinguishing Electronic Band Structure of Single-layer and Bilayer Ruddlesden-Popper Nickelates Probed by in-situ High Pressure X-ray Absorption Near-edge Spectroscopy
Universidade de São Paulo(圣保罗大学);Ruhr-Universität Bochum(波鸿鲁尔大学);PSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences CNM(瑞士保罗谢勒研究所中子与μ子科学中心);TU Dortmund University(多特蒙德工业大学)