Abstract
Nd2CuO4 has a crystal structure called the Nd2CuO4 (T’) structure in which fluorite-like Nd2O2 slabs and CuO2 planes stack alternately. Nd2CuO4 is known to show superconductivity by carrier doping via anion/cation substitution, or making the oxygen sublattice highly ordered via a stringent control of thermodynamic conditions during crystal growth. In this study, CaF2 is used for growing Nd2CuO4 films, as a substrate material which contains fluorine atoms. The films show superconducting onset ($T_{\mathrm {c}}^{\text {on}}$) beyond 30 K. Furthermore, in contrast to reported superconductivity in this system, the emergence of superconductivity is found to be insensitive to post annealing procedures.
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