3D strain-induced superconductivity in La2CuO4+δ using a simple vertically aligned nanocomposite approach

Choi, Eun-Mi; Di Bernardo, Angelo; Zhu, Bonan; Lu, Ping; Alpern, Hen; Zhang, Kelvin H.  L.; Shapira, Tamar; Feighan, John; Sun, Xing; Robinson, Jason; Paltiel, Yossi; Millo, Oded; Wang, Haiyan; Jia, Quanxi; MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.

doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav5532

Title: 3D strain-induced superconductivity in La₂CuO_4+δ using a simple vertically aligned nanocomposite approach

Journal Article · Fri Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Science Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav5532· OSTI ID:1542145

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Univ. of Cambridge, Cambridge (United Kingdom). Dept. of Materials Science & Metallurgy
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). Racah Inst. of Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). Dept. of Materials Engineering
Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). Dept. of Applied Physics and Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Univ. at Buffalo, NY (United States). Dept. of Materials Design and Innovation; State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (United States)

A long-term goal for superconductors is to increase the superconducting transition temperature,T_C. In cuprates,T_Cdepends strongly on the out-of-plane Cu-apical oxygen distance and the in-plane Cu-O distance, but there has been little attention paid to tuning them independently. Here, in simply grown, self-assembled, vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films of La₂CuO_4+δ+ LaCuO₃, by strongly increasing out-of-plane distances without reducing in-plane distances (three-dimensional strain engineering), we achieve superconductivity up to 50 K in the vertical interface regions, spaced ~50 nm apart. No additional process to supply excess oxygen, e.g., by ozone or high-pressure oxygen annealing, was required, as is normally the case for plain La₂CuO_4+δ films. Finally, our proof-of-concept work represents an entirely new approach to increasing >T_C n cuprates or other superconductors.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000; NA0003525; EP/N509620/1; EP/N017242/1; 687/16; 21872116

OSTI ID:: 1542145

Report Number(s):: SAND-2019-7283J; 676841

Journal Information:: Science Advances, Vol. 5, Issue 4; ISSN 2375-2548

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