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Title: Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate

Abstract

Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the copper oxide materials, there have been sustained efforts to both understand the origins of this phase and discover new cuprate-like superconducting materials. One prime materials platform has been the rare-earth nickelates and indeed superconductivity was recently discovered in the doped compound Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2. Undoped NdNiO2 belongs to a series of layered square-planar nickelates with chemical formula Ndn+1NinO2n+2 and is known as the 'infinite-layer' (n=∞) nickelate. Furthermore, we report the synthesis of the quintuple-layer (n=5) member of this series, Nd6Ni5O12, in which optimal cuprate-like electron filling (d8.8) is achieved without chemical doping. We observe a superconducting transition beginning at ~13 K. Electronic structure calculations, in tandem with magnetoresistive and spectroscopic measurements, suggest that Nd6Ni5O12 interpolates between cuprate-like and infinite-layer nickelate-like behavior. In engineering a distinct superconducting nickelate, we identify the square-planar nickelates as a new family of superconductors which can be tuned via both doping and dimensionality.

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  1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
  3. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States)
  4. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
  5. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1831815
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1866840; OSTI ID: 1868055; OSTI ID: 1963160
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0021925; AC02-05CH11231; SC0020128
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 21; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-1122
Publisher:
Springer Nature - Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Pan, Grace A., Segedin, Dan Ferenc, LaBollita, Harrison, Song, Qi, Nica, Emilian M., Goodge, Berit H., Pierce, Andrew T., Doyle, Spencer, Novakov, Steve, Carrizales, Denisse Córdova, N’Diaye, Alpha T., Shafer, Padraic, Paik, Hanjong, Heron, John T., Mason, Jarad A., Yacoby, Amir, Kourkoutis, Lena F., Erten, Onur, Brooks, Charles M., Botana, Antia S., and Mundy, Julia A. Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1038/s41563-021-01142-9.
Pan, Grace A., Segedin, Dan Ferenc, LaBollita, Harrison, Song, Qi, Nica, Emilian M., Goodge, Berit H., Pierce, Andrew T., Doyle, Spencer, Novakov, Steve, Carrizales, Denisse Córdova, N’Diaye, Alpha T., Shafer, Padraic, Paik, Hanjong, Heron, John T., Mason, Jarad A., Yacoby, Amir, Kourkoutis, Lena F., Erten, Onur, Brooks, Charles M., Botana, Antia S., & Mundy, Julia A. Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01142-9
Pan, Grace A., Segedin, Dan Ferenc, LaBollita, Harrison, Song, Qi, Nica, Emilian M., Goodge, Berit H., Pierce, Andrew T., Doyle, Spencer, Novakov, Steve, Carrizales, Denisse Córdova, N’Diaye, Alpha T., Shafer, Padraic, Paik, Hanjong, Heron, John T., Mason, Jarad A., Yacoby, Amir, Kourkoutis, Lena F., Erten, Onur, Brooks, Charles M., Botana, Antia S., and Mundy, Julia A. Mon . "Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-01142-9. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1831815.
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title = {Superconductivity in a quintuple-layer square-planar nickelate},
author = {Pan, Grace A. and Segedin, Dan Ferenc and LaBollita, Harrison and Song, Qi and Nica, Emilian M. and Goodge, Berit H. and Pierce, Andrew T. and Doyle, Spencer and Novakov, Steve and Carrizales, Denisse Córdova and N’Diaye, Alpha T. and Shafer, Padraic and Paik, Hanjong and Heron, John T. and Mason, Jarad A. and Yacoby, Amir and Kourkoutis, Lena F. and Erten, Onur and Brooks, Charles M. and Botana, Antia S. and Mundy, Julia A.},
abstractNote = {Since the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in the copper oxide materials, there have been sustained efforts to both understand the origins of this phase and discover new cuprate-like superconducting materials. One prime materials platform has been the rare-earth nickelates and indeed superconductivity was recently discovered in the doped compound Nd0.8Sr0.2NiO2. Undoped NdNiO2 belongs to a series of layered square-planar nickelates with chemical formula Ndn+1NinO2n+2 and is known as the 'infinite-layer' (n=∞) nickelate. Furthermore, we report the synthesis of the quintuple-layer (n=5) member of this series, Nd6Ni5O12, in which optimal cuprate-like electron filling (d8.8) is achieved without chemical doping. We observe a superconducting transition beginning at ~13 K. Electronic structure calculations, in tandem with magnetoresistive and spectroscopic measurements, suggest that Nd6Ni5O12 interpolates between cuprate-like and infinite-layer nickelate-like behavior. In engineering a distinct superconducting nickelate, we identify the square-planar nickelates as a new family of superconductors which can be tuned via both doping and dimensionality.},
doi = {10.1038/s41563-021-01142-9},
journal = {Nature Materials},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2021},
month = {Mon Nov 22 00:00:00 EST 2021}
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