Superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelate La _1−x Ca _x NiO ₂ thin films

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Abstract

We report the observation of superconductivity in infinite-layer Ca-doped LaNiO₂ (La_1-xCa_xNiO₂) thin films and construct their phase diagram. Unlike the metal-insulator transition in Nd- and Pr-based nickelates, the undoped and underdoped La_1-xCa_xNiO₂ thin films are entirely insulating from 300 K down to 2 K. A superconducting dome is observed at 0.15 x R_H changes at low temperature for samples with a higher doping level. However, distinct from the Nd- and Pr-based nickelates, the R_H-sign-change temperature remains at around 35 K as the doping increases, which begs further theoretical and experimental investigation to reveal the role of the 4f orbital to the (multi)band nature of the superconducting nickelates. Our results also emphasize a notable role of lattice correlation on the multiband structures of the infinite-layer nickelates.

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