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 are the most polar layered oxide superconductor, raising questions about the interface between substrate and thin film -- thus far the only sample geometry to successfully stabilize superconductivity. We conduct a detailed experimental and theoretical study of the prototypical interface between Nd$_{1-x}$Sr$_x$NiO$_2$ and SrTiO$_3$. Atomic-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope reveals the formation of a single intermediate Nd(Ti,Ni)O$_3$ layer. Density functional theory calculations with a Hubbard $U$ term show how the observed structure alleviates the strong polar discontinuity. We explore effects of oxygen occupancy, hole doping, and cation structure to disentangle the contributions of each for reducing interface charge density. Resolving the nontrivial interface structure will be instructive for future synthesis of nickelate films on other substrates and in vertical heterostructures.
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)
Interlayer Five-Spin Polaron in Superconducting Bilayer Nickelates
Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(斯坦福材料能源科学研究所,SLAC国家加速器实验室);Department of Physics, Stanford University(斯坦福大学物理系);National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory(美国国家同步辐射光源II,布鲁克海文国家实验室);Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(斯坦福同步辐射光源,SLAC国家加速器实验室);Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(先进光源,劳伦斯伯克利国家实验室);Canadian Light Source(加拿大光源);Department of Physics, University of Florida(佛罗里达大学物理系);Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University(斯坦福大学材料科学与工程系)
Paramagnetically driven superconducting re-entrance in Eu-doped infinite layer nickelates
University of Geneva(日内瓦大学);Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)(洛桑联邦理工学院);CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes(法国国家科学研究中心,格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学);ALBA Synchrotron Light Source(阿尔巴同步辐射光源);TU Wien(维也纳工业大学)
在强关联材料中,晶格、电荷、自旋和轨道自由度相互作用,导致涌现的物理性质,如超导性、巨磁阻和金属-绝缘体转变。准二维正方形平面镍酸盐,Rn+1 NinO 2n +2(R=稀土,n=2,3..),由于Ni+的3d 9电子构型与高温超导铜酸盐中的活性离子Cu ~(2+)相同,自2019年以来,由于在Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2的薄膜中发现了超导性,该领域引起了人们的强烈关注,尽管在大块多晶粉末中还没有报道超导性。本文综述了以固相反应法、前驱体法、高压浮区法和高压助熔剂法合成的镍酸盐为母体化合物,通过拓扑还原法合成准二维方形平面镍酸盐多晶粉末的研究进展。我们强调使用高压浮区技术制备单晶。我们讨论了它们的晶体结构和物理性质,包括电阻率、磁化率和热容。我们突出了铜的物理,包括电荷/自旋条纹和大的轨道极化,确定在单晶R4 Ni 3 O 8(R=La和Pr)结合同步辐射X射线/中子单晶衍射和密度泛函理论计算。最后,简要讨论了这一快速发展的领域面临的挑战和可能的研究方向。
Selective suppression of electronic orders via interlayer coupling in superconducting bilayer nickelate thin films
Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, 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);University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院大学);Department of Physics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学物理系);Hefei National Laboratory(合肥国家实验室);Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY(德国电子同步加速器);State Key Laboratory of Quantum Information Technologies and Materials, The Chinese University of Hong Kong(香港中文大学量子信息技术与材料国家重点实验室)
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)
Superconductivity and Electronic Structures of Nickelate Thin Film Superstructures
Southern University of Science and Technology(南方科技大学);University of Science and Technology of China(中国科学技术大学);Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学);Tsinghua University(清华大学)
Multiorbital character of the density wave in trilayer nickelate superconductors
Max-Planck-Institute for Solid State Research(马克斯·普朗克固体研究所);Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura and Instituto de Física Rosario (UNR-CONICET)(罗萨里奥大学精确科学、工程与测量学院及罗萨里奥物理研究所(UNR-CONICET));RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences (iTHEMS)(理化学研究所跨学科理论与数学科学中心 (iTHEMS))
Multiorbital Anisotropy and Magnetic Excitations in Trilayer Nickelate Pr$_4$Ni$_3$O$_{10}$
Harvard University(哈佛大学);Brookhaven National Laboratory(布鲁克海文国家实验室);Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory(SLAC国家加速器实验室斯坦福材料与能源科学研究所);European Synchrotron Radiation Facility(欧洲同步辐射装置);Argonne National Laboratory(阿贡国家实验室)
Contrasting Spin Excitations in Octahedral and Square-Planar n=8 Ruddlesden-Popper Nickelates
Yale University(耶鲁大学);Flatiron Institute(平顿研究所);Harvard University(哈佛大学);Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC)(多诺斯蒂亚国际物理中心);University of California San Diego(加利福尼亚大学圣迭戈分校);European Synchrotron Radiation Facility(欧洲同步辐射装置)
Spin and orbital excitations in undoped infinite layers: a comparison between superconducting PrNiO2 and insulating CaCuO2
Politecnico di Milano(米兰理工大学);University of Cologne(科隆大学);Université de Strasbourg(斯特拉斯堡大学);European XFEL(欧洲X射线自由电子激光装置);Ca’ Foscari University of Venice(威尼斯卡福斯卡里大学);Chalmers University of Technology(查尔姆斯理工大学);ESRF, The European Synchrotron(欧洲同步辐射装置);Università di Roma Tor Vergata(罗马托维爾加塔大学)