Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity from a Practical Point of View
Abstract
To synthesize a new superconductor which has a critical temperature, Tc, exceeding the room temperature, one needs to know what chemical components to start with. This chapter presents analysis of experimental data which allow one to draw a conclusion about components and the structure of a potential room-temperature superconductor. The two essential components of a room temperature superconductor are large organic molecules (polymers, tissues) and atoms/molecules which are magnetic in the intercalated state. This conclusion is fully based on experimental facts known today, and does not require any assumptions about the mechanism of room-temperature superconductivity. This, however, does not mean that to synthesize a room-temperature superconductor is an easy task.
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@article{arxiv.0704.2188,
title = {Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity from a Practical Point of View},
author = {A. Mourachkine},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.2188},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Chapter in a book "Recent Developments in Superconductivity Research" ed. by B. Martins (Nova Science, New York, 2006) ISBN 1600214622, 35 pages including 8 figures