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Signature of Superconductivity in Pressurized La$_{4}$Ni$_{3}$O$_{10}$ |
| Qing Li, Ying-Jie Zhang, Zhe-Ning Xiang, Yuhang Zhang, Xiyu Zhu, and Hai-Hu Wen* |
| National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Center for Superconducting Physics and Materials, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China |
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Qing Li, Ying-Jie Zhang, Zhe-Ning Xiang et al 2024 Chin. Phys. Lett. 41 017401 |
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Abstract The discovery of high-temperature superconductivity near 80 K in bilayer nickelate La$_{3}$Ni$_{2}$O$_{7}$ under high pressures has renewed the exploration of superconducting nickelate in bulk materials. The extension of superconductivity in other nickelates in a broader family is also essential. Here, we report the experimental observation of superconducting signature in trilayer nickelate La$_{4}$Ni$_{3}$O$_{10}$ under high pressures. By using a modified sol-gel method and post-annealing treatment under high oxygen pressure, we successfully obtained polycrystalline La$_{4}$Ni$_{3}$O$_{10}$ samples with different transport behaviors at ambient pressure. Then we performed high-pressure electrical resistance measurements on these samples in a diamond-anvil-cell apparatus. Surprisingly, the signature of possible superconducting transition with a maximum transition temperature ($T_{\rm c}$) of about 20 K under high pressures is observed, as evidenced by a clear drop of resistance and the suppression of resistance drops under magnetic fields. Although the resistance drop is sample-dependent and relatively small, it appears in all of our measured samples. We argue that the observed superconducting signal is most likely to originate from the main phase of La$_{4}$Ni$_{3}$O$_{10}$. Our findings will motivate the exploration of superconductivity in a broader family of nickelates and shed light on the understanding of the underlying mechanisms of high-$T_{\rm c}$ superconductivity in nickelates.
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Received: 16 November 2023
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Published: 07 January 2024
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(High-pressure effects in solids and liquids)
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