Abstract
After decades of fundamental research, unconventional superconductivity has recently been demonstrated in rare-earth infinite-layer nickelates. The current view depicts these systems as a new category of superconducting materials, as they appear to be correlated metals with distinct multiband features in their phase diagram. Here, we provide an overview of the state of the art in this rapidly evolving topic.
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We dedicate this review on this 1-year-old topic to I.E. Dzyaloshinskii in celebration of his 90th birthday. We thank M.R. Norman and X. Blase for useful comments. A.B. acknowledges the support from NSF DMR 2045826.
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Botana, A.S., Bernardini, F. & Cano, A. Nickelate Superconductors: An Ongoing Dialog between Theory and Experiments. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 132, 618–627 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776121040026
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