Designing nickelate superconductors with d8 configuration exploiting mixed-anion strategy

Development of the D8 Transport Configuration

The D8 jet transport configuration is presented. Focus is on the aerodynamic characteristics of its distinguishing features: the wide “double-bubble” fuselage with beneficial pitching moment and carryover lift characteristics, the nearly-unswept wing and reduced cruise Mach number, and the boundary layer ingesting rear engine installation together with the twin “pi-tail” configuration. The meri...

Bulk magnetic order in a two-dimensional Ni1+/Ni2+ (d9/d8) nickelate, isoelectronic with superconducting cuprates.

The Ni1+/Ni2+ states of nickelates have the identical (3d(9)/3d(8)) electronic configuration as Cu2+/Cu3+ in the high temperature superconducting cuprates, and are expected to show interesting properties. An intriguing question is whether mimicking the electronic and structural features of cuprates would also result in superconductivity in nickelates. Here we report experimental evidence for a ...

Light-induced catalytic and cytotoxic properties of phosphorescent transition metal compounds with a d8 electronic configuration.

Transition metal compounds are well documented to have diverse applications such as in catalysis, light-emitting materials and therapeutics. In the areas of photocatalysis and photodynamic therapy, metal compounds of heavy transition metals are highly sought after because they can give rise to triplet excited states upon photoexcitation. The long lifetimes (more than 1 μs) of the triplet states...

Introduction: Designing Mixed Reality

Mixed state microwave resistivity of cuprate superconductors

We present a compared experimental investigation of the (a, b) plane vortex-state complex resistivity at 48 GHz in YBa2Cu3O7−δ, SmBa2Cu3O7−δ and Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x. In YBa2Cu3O7−δ and SmBa2Cu3O7−δ the field dependence of the response can be consistently described by a combination of flux flow and strong pair breaking due to the presence of lines of nodes in the gap. In Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x, by contrast...