Pressure-Induced Phase Transitions in Bilayer La <sub>3</sub> Ni <sub>2</sub> O <sub>7</sub>
La3Ni2O7 differs from expectations in part because at ambient pressure, it exists in two polymorphs: an unconventional crystal structure with alternating layers of single- and triple-layered nickel–oxygen octahedra (i.e., La2NiO4 plus La4Ni3O10, with the so-called 1313 crystal structure) and a classical double-layer Ruddlesden–Popper phase (i.e., La3Ni2O7, with the so-called 2222 crystal structure, which dominates at high pressure). In this study, we report the pressure-dependent structural and electrical resistive properties of single crystals of the classical double-layered La3Ni2O7, grown at slightly elevated pressure using the floating-zone method. Structural characterization under pressures up to 15.4 GPa reveals a gradual transition from orthorhombic to tetragonal symmetry that is completed at 12–14 GPa. Additionally, we present pressure and field-dependent electrical resistance measurements up to 27.4 GPa, from which we construct a phase diagram. Although a resistive transition at 80 K is observed at high pressures, the resistive hallmarks of superconductivity are not.
Authors
- Stephen Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9337-0507)
- Haidong Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1595-1912)
- Haozhe Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4820-833X)
- Greeshma C. Jose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9857-8086)
- Weiwei Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5500-8195)
- Wenli Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2067-6556)
- R. J. Cava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3294-6867)
- Mingyu Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7138-6009)
- Aya Rutherford
Institutions
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
- Published
- 2025-12-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c07252
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.43