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Electronic Structure across the Rare-Earth Series in Superconducting Infinite Layer Nickelates

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Abstract

The exciting discovery of superconductivity in oxygen-reduced monovalent nickelates has raised a new platform for the study of unconventional superconductivity, with similarities and differences to the cuprate high temperature superconductors. General trends appear in the infinite nickelates RNiO2 with rare-earths R spanning across the Lanthanides. The role of oxygen charge transfer diminishes in comparison to the cuprates, with an increased and prominent role played by rare-earth 5d electrons near the Fermi level when traversing from La to Lu. A decrease in lattice volume indicates that the magnetic exchange additionally grows, which may be favorable for superconductivity. However, compensation effects from the itinerant 5d electrons presents a close analogy to Kondo or Anderson lattices, indicating a more complex interplay between charge transfer, bandwidth renormalization, compensation, and magnetic exchange.

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Presenters

  • Emily Been

    Physics, Stanford, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, Stanford University

Authors

  • Emily Been

    Physics, Stanford, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, Stanford University

  • Wei-Sheng Lee

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SIMES, SLAC, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, SLAC National Accelerator Lab.

  • Harold Hwang

    Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford University, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Applied Physics, Stanford University, SIMES, SLAC, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Physics, Stanford University, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

  • Jan Zaanen

    Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Physics, Leiden University, Leiden University, the Netherlands

  • Thomas Devereaux

    Stanford Univ, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford University, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Photon Sciences, Stanford Linear Accelerator (SLAC), SIMES, SLAC, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, SLAC National Accelerator Lab.

  • Brian Moritz

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University, SSRL Materials Science Division, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SLAC, Stanford University, SIMES, SLAC, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA

  • Chunjing Jia

    SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, SIMES, SLAC, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA, SLAC National Accelerator Lab., SLAC - Natl Accelerator Lab, Stanford University