Harold Hwang
Since their discovery, superconductivity in cuprates has motivated the search for materials with analogous electronic or atomic structure. We have used soft chemistry approaches to synthesize superconducting infinite layer nickelates from their perovskite precursor phase, using topotactic reactions [1,2]. We will present the properties of the nickelate superconductors, our current understanding of the electronic structure [3,4], observation of a doping-dependent superconducting dome in (Nd,Sr)NiO2 [5], and preliminary evidence for substantial magnetic correlations in this system.
[1] D. F. Li, K. Lee, B. Y. Wang, M. Osada, S. Crossley, H. R. Lee, Y. Cui, Y. Hikita, and H. Y. Hwang, Nature 572, 624 (2019).[2] K. Lee, B. H. Goodge, D. F. Li, M. Osada, B. Y. Wang, Y. Cui, L. F. Kourkoutis, and H. Y. Hwang, APL Materials 8, 041107 (2020).
[3] M. Hepting, D. Li, C. J. Jia, H. Lu, E. Paris, Y. Tseng, X. Feng, M. Osada, E. Been, Y. Hikita, Y.-D. Chuang, Z. Hussain, K. J. Zhou, A. Nag, M. Garcia-Fernandez, M. Rossi, H. Y. Huang, D. J. Huang, Z. X. Shen, T. Schmitt, H. Y. Hwang, B. Moritz, J. Zaanen, T. P. Devereaux, and W. S. Lee, Nature Materials 19, 381 (2020).
[4] B. H. Goodge, D. F. Li, M. Osada, B. Y. Wang, K. Lee, G. A. Sawatzky, H. Y. Hwang, and L. F. Kourkoutis, arXiv:2005.02847.
[5] D. F. Li, B. Y. Wang, K. Lee, S. P. Harvey, M. Osada, B. H. Goodge, L. F. Kourkoutis, and H. Y. Hwang, Physical Review Letters 125, 027001 (2020).