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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 44: Focus Session: Superconducting Nickelates I
TT 44.8: Talk
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 12:45–13:00, HSZ 03
Synthesis and physical properties of perovskite and infinite-layer nickelate crystals — •Pascal Puphal1, Vignesh Sundaramurthy1, Valentin Zimmermann1, Björn Wehinger2, Gaston Garbarino2, Kathrin Küster1, Ulrich Starke1, Jürgen Nuss1, Bernhard Keimer1, Masahiko Isobe1, and Matthias Hepting1 — 1Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research — 2European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
Infinite-layer (IL) nickelates are an emerging family of superconductors whose synthesis in thin film form is an established process by now, whereas the growth of their bulk counterparts remains a formidable challenge. In a previous study, we achieved the reduction of perovskite La1-xCaxNiO3 single-crystals grown by a flux method under high external pressure to the IL phase La1−xCaxNiO2 [1]. The typical lateral dimension of these crystals was 150 µm. As an advanced approach, we recently accomplished the reduction of millimeter-sized LaNiO3 crystals obtained by optical floating zone growth under high oxygen gas pressure to the IL phase LaNiO2 [2]. We will present our characterization of the crystalline, magnetic, and electronic properties of the LaNiO2 crystals, and give an outlook on the synthesis of millimeter-sized crystals of pure LaNiO3 and PrNiO3 as well as ones with hole- and electron doping.
[1] P. Puphal et al., Sci. Adv. 7, eabl8091 (2021)
[2] P. Puphal et al., arXiv:2209.12787 (2022)