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Enhanced and robust superconductivity in La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membranes compressed up to 210 GPa

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Pith's one-line read Superconductivity in a freestanding La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membrane survives compression to 210 GPa, with the onset temperature rising to 74.5 K near 146 GPa and easing to 57.4 K at 210 GPa.

desk verdict A solid high-pressure transport study that extends nickelate Tc studies to 210 GPa and finds a dome; the top-pressure point rests on a single-sample onset, but the overall evidence is strong enough to referee. read the letter →

arxiv 2608.02042 v1 pith:RSZRR3IL submitted 2026-08-03 cond-mat.supr-con

Shu Cai , Yuqing Tian , Shengjun Yan , Jinyu Zhao , Bo Hao , Jianfeng Zhang , Shuaihang Sun , Yang Ding
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Qi Wu Ho-kwang Mao I. Bozovic Yuefeng Nie Liling Sun
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classification cond-mat.supr-con PACS 74.62.Fj74.25.Dw74.78.-w
keywords infinite-layernickelatesuperconductivityhighpressurefreestandingmembraneLa0.8Sr0.2NiO2diamondanvilcellTcdomeunconventional
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The reading

The authors set out to answer whether an infinite-layer nickelate superconductor can survive pressures beyond 100 GPa, where substrate-bound films cannot be measured. They measured electrical resistance of freestanding La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membranes squeezed in diamond anvil cells up to 210 GPa. They report a continuous dome-shaped pressure dependence of the superconducting transition onset: from about 16 K at ambient pressure to a maximum of 74.5 K at 146 GPa, then a gradual decline to 57.4 K at 210 GPa. If correct, this is the first oxide superconductor shown to remain superconducting above 200 GPa, a robustness that contrasts with cuprates and bismuthates, where superconductivity is suppressed below roughly 40 GPa.

What carries the argument

The central technical enabler is the freestanding infinite-layer nickelate membrane: a thin single-crystal La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 layer chemically released from its growth substrate and transferred onto the flat culet of a diamond anvil, with gold electrodes patterned on top. Resistance is measured in situ under pressure, with silicone oil as the pressure medium and pressure gauged by diamond Raman spectroscopy. The load-bearing analysis device is the definition of Tconset at a 99.5% resistance drop, cross-checked by the two-line intersection method and by the maximum of dR(T)/dT (Tcm), which separates real Tc enhancement from transition broadening.

What would settle it

Measure the full R(T) curve to zero resistance, or an inductive/AC susceptibility signal, in a La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membrane at about 150 and 210 GPa using a more hydrostatic medium such as cryogenically loaded helium or neon. If the resistance drop at 210 GPa does not reach zero, does not shift systematically with magnetic field, or is absent in a second pressure medium, the claim of superconductivity persisting to 210 GPa would be seriously undermined.

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Core claim

In freestanding, single-crystal La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membranes transferred onto diamond culet surfaces, superconductivity—identified by a resistance drop with an onset Tconset defined at 99.5% of normal resistance—persists over an exceptionally wide pressure range. Three samples measured in diamond anvil cells give a consistent pressure–Tconset phase diagram: Tconset climbs nearly linearly below 60 GPa (slope 0.62 K/GPa), reaches about 74.5 K at 146 GPa, then slowly falls to 57.4 K at 210 GPa. The authors argue the rise is genuine because the midpoint temperature Tcm from dR/dT also increases fourfold with pressure, and the observed broadening of the transition is too small to explain the Tconset

Load-bearing premise

The high-pressure resistance drop is assumed to be intrinsic superconductivity of the membrane, but at 146–210 GPa only the onset of the drop is measured on a membrane in solidified silicone oil, so pressure gradients, microcracks, or electrode-contact changes could in principle mimic or distort the signal.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • If the central claim is correct, superconductivity in this nickelate family persists across a 0–210 GPa window, implying the pairing mechanism does not require a delicate lattice or electronic state that pressure destroys.
  • The dome with a maximum near 146 GPa indicates that further compression beyond about 150 GPa does not help Tc; optimal conditions for this doping and composition sit near 146 GPa.
  • The similar peak Tc around 75 K in both La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 and Nd0.85Sr0.15NiO2 membranes, despite different rare-earth ions and different peak pressures, points to the NiO2 planes as the essential superconducting layer.
  • Pressure behavior differentiates infinite-layer nickelates from cuprates and Ba1-xKxBiO3, where superconductivity is killed at 18–39 GPa, suggesting a different pressure sensitivity of the superconducting phase.
  • The 0.62 K/GPa low-pressure slope and the subsequent nonlinear rise offer a quantitative target for theoretical models of nickelate superconductivity.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Editorial inference: The reported persistence to 210 GPa raises the question whether other rare-earth-doped or stoichiometric infinite-layer nickelates could show even higher Tc if compressed beyond their current pressure limits; the paper does not test this.
  • Editorial inference: Because only the resistance-drop onset is reported at the highest pressures and the medium is solidified silicone oil, a direct check of zero resistance, Meissner or AC susceptibility, or at least a full resistive transition would strengthen the interpretation that bulk superconductivity, not a filamentary or contact artefact, persists at 210 GPa.
  • Testable extension: If the dome shape is intrinsic, one might expect a pressure-driven crossover or competing order near 146 GPa; future high-pressure structural and spectroscopic studies could look for a lattice or electronic anomaly there.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper reports high-pressure electrical resistance measurements on freestanding La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 infinite-layer nickelate membranes mounted on diamond anvil culets. Using Tconset defined as the 99.5% resistance point, the authors find a dome-like pressure dependence: Tconset increases from about 16 K at ambient pressure to a maximum of 74.5 K at 146 GPa, then decreases to 57.4 K at 210 GPa. Three samples (S#1, S#2, S#3) show broadly consistent behavior up to 165 GPa, with S#3 extending to 210 GPa. Additional evidence includes magnetic-field suppression of the resistance drop at 80 GPa and a derivative-based midpoint analysis for S#1 up to 147 GPa. The authors conclude that superconductivity in this nickelate persists to much higher pressures than in cuprates and other oxide superconductors, and they place the results in a comparative phase diagram.

Significance. If correct, the result is significant: it would establish that infinite-layer nickelate superconductivity survives to 210 GPa, well beyond the pressure range where cuprate superconductivity is typically suppressed, and it would provide a clear experimental target for theories of nickelate pairing under extreme compression. The paper has notable strengths: three independent samples reproduce the rising Tconset(P) trend; magnetic-field suppression at 80 GPa supports the superconducting origin of the resistance drop; and the derivative analysis in Fig. 3 partially addresses the transition-broadening concern. However, the central claim of persistence to 210 GPa rests on a single 99.5%-onset resistance drop at that pressure, with no zero-resistance state, no field suppression, and no broadening analysis at the highest pressures. The non-hydrostatic pressure medium and the absence of pressure uncertainties further weaken the quantitative phase diagram. These issues are load-bearing and need to be addressed before the claim can be accepted.

major comments (4)
  1. [§2, Fig. 2f; Fig. 4; Fig. 3] The claim that superconductivity persists to 210 GPa rests entirely on S#3 at P = 210 GPa showing a 99.5%-resistance-drop onset of 57.4 K. No zero-resistance state is reported above 174 GPa, field-suppression data are shown only for S#2 at 80 GPa (Fig. 4a), and the derivative/midpoint analysis that rules out pure transition broadening is limited to S#1 up to 147 GPa (Fig. 3). Given that the paper itself emphasizes how broad the transitions are (at 146 GPa, Tc99.5%R = 74.5 K while Tc2-line = 64 K), the 210 GPa point could in principle reflect a broadened tail or a filamentary/contact artifact rather than bulk superconductivity. The authors should show full R(T) curves at 174–210 GPa, provide midpoint/offset or other bulk-sensitive Tc estimates at those pressures, and quantify how the transition width evolves beyond 147 GPa. Alternatively, additional evidence such as field suppression at t
  2. [Methods: Pressure Transmitting Medium and Determination] Silicone oil is used as the pressure-transmitting medium for all measurements. Silicone oil solidifies below 10 GPa and is strongly non-hydrostatic at 210 GPa. The sample pressure is determined from diamond Raman spectroscopy, but no error bars are given, and the local pressure experienced by the membrane on the diamond culet may differ from the Raman-determined pressure, especially under non-hydrostatic conditions. This is load-bearing for the quantitative P-Tconset phase diagram and for the claimed maximum at 146 GPa and the dome shape. The authors should state the estimated pressure uncertainty, discuss possible pressure gradients across the membrane, and indicate whether any local pressure marker or post-run pressure check was performed.
  3. [§3 and Fig. 5] The paper claims a 'continuous dome-like evolution' of Tconset and a maximum at 146 GPa, but the evidence for the descending side above 146 GPa is limited to two samples (S#2 to 165 GPa, S#3 to 210 GPa) using only the 99.5% onset criterion. The difference between Tc99.5%R and Tc2-line at 146 GPa is already 10 K, and if the transition continues to broaden with pressure, the onset criterion may systematically overestimate the bulk Tc on the descending side. A quantitative analysis of Tcm, Tc2-line, or the resistance-drop magnitude as a function of pressure for all three samples is needed to distinguish a genuine dome from an onset-shift artifact. Without this, the 'dome-like' behavior is not established beyond a qualitative statement.
  4. [Figs. 2 and 5; Methods] No error bars are provided for either pressure or Tconset, and the measurement uncertainties are not discussed. The three-sample reproducibility is claimed qualitatively, but the scatter between S#1, S#2, and S#3 at overlapping pressures is not quantified. Since the paper's phase diagram is the central result, the authors should include pressure and temperature uncertainties, or at least clearly state the precision of the resistance and Raman measurements, and show the data points with error bars in Fig. 5.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Methods, High-Pressure Electrical Resistance Measurements] Typographical error: 'the the top of the sample' should read 'the top of the sample.'
  2. [Fig. 4 caption] The caption says 'see solids' but does not explain what the solid symbols represent; please clarify the symbol definitions for ambient-pressure and 80 GPa data.
  3. [Main text, transition definition] The terms 'onset,' 'Tconset,' 'Tc99.5%R,' and 'Tc2-line' are used somewhat interchangeably. Please define each clearly at first use and state which criterion is used for each data point in Fig. 5.
  4. [References] Ref. 2 is an arXiv preprint (2026). If a published version now exists, it should be cited. Also, the comparison data for cuprates are taken from many sources; a table listing compound, pressure range, and Tc values would improve readability.

Circularity Check

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No circularity found; the paper is an empirical high-pressure transport study with no fitted predictions or self-citation chain.

full rationale

The paper reports resistance measurements on freestanding La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membranes as a function of pressure. No theoretical derivation is attempted, no parameter is fitted to data and then called a prediction, and no uniqueness theorem is invoked. The central claim—that a resistance-drop onset persists to 210 GPa—is an empirical observation, and the paper explicitly presents the derivative-based Tcm analysis as an independent check against the possibility that transition broadening alone explains the rising onset temperature. The choice to define Tconset by the 99.5% resistance-drop criterion, following Ref. 2, is a definitional convention adopted for comparability; it does not make the measurement logically depend on the conclusion. The sample synthesis is said to follow procedures in Refs. 2 and 56, but that is about materials preparation, not about the physical conclusion. There is no step where Eq. X equals Eq. Y by construction, no fitted quantity renamed as a prediction, and no load-bearing self-citation. The skeptic concerns about single-sample onset at 210 GPa, non-hydrostatic pressure medium, and broadening are legitimate experimental-validity risks, but they are not circularity. Therefore the circularity score is 0.

Assumptions & free parameters 2 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The central claim is experimental and rests on the identification of a resistance drop with superconductivity at stated pressures. The main unverified assumptions are hydrostaticity, structural stability, and the use of onset temperature as the superconducting transition temperature.

free parameters (2)
  • Low-pressure slope dTconset/dP = 0.62 K/GPa
    Linear fit to Tconset(P) below 60 GPa; descriptive summary, not used to derive the central conclusion.
  • Tconset onset criterion threshold = 0.5% resistance drop (Tc99.5%R) or two-line intersection
    Chosen operational definition of transition onset; all quoted Tc values depend on it. The paper's own broadening check uses Tcm, but the main phase diagram is plotted with onset values.
assumptions (4)
  • domain assumption The observed resistance drop under pressure is an intrinsic superconducting transition of the La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membrane rather than an artifact of contacts, cracks, or electrode shunting.
    Central transport claim; supported by magnetic-field suppression at 80 GPa but not by zero-resistance data at high pressure.
  • domain assumption Pressure at the sample is accurately represented by diamond Raman measurements on silicone oil.
    Silicone oil solidifies at high pressure and is quasi-hydrostatic; no pressure uncertainty or distribution is reported (Methods).
  • domain assumption The membrane retains the infinite-layer La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 phase and stoichiometry up to 210 GPa.
    No in-situ XRD or post-mortem structural analysis under pressure is presented; ambient XRD only.
  • domain assumption Tconset tracks the bulk superconducting transition; the broadening delta Tc is too small to explain the Tconset increase.
    The paper states this is a secondary effect without quantitative data in the main text.

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The discovery of superconductivity in infinite-layer nickelate thin films has opened a new frontier for exploring unconventional oxide superconductors beyond the copper oxide family. However, the presence of substrate hampers investigations under very high pressure. Recently, this problem was circumvented by a study of freestanding Nd0.85Sr0.15NiO2 membranes, which revealed that superconducting transition temperature kept increasing as the pressure was ramped up to 91 GPa, without showing signs of saturation. Naturally, one wonders what would happen at even higher pressures. Here, we report that superconductivity in a freestanding La0.8Sr0.2NiO2 membrane persists under applied ultrahigh pressures up to 210 GPa. The superconducting transition onset temperature exhibits a continuous dome-like evolution, increasing from 16 K at ambient pressure to a peak of 74.5 K at 146 GPa, and then gradually decreasing to 57.4 K at 210 GPa. Such robustness of superconductivity against ultrahigh pressure has not been observed in high-Tc oxide superconductors before.

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