Superconductivity in the elements, alloys and simple compounds
Abstract
We give a brief review of superconductivity at ambient pressure in elements, alloys, and simple three-dimensional compounds. Historically these were the first superconducting materials studied, and based on the experimental knowledge gained from them the BCS theory of superconductivity was developed in 1957. Extended to include the effect of phonon retardation, the theory is believed to describe the subset of superconducting materials known as `conventional superconductors', where superconductivity is caused by the electron-phonon interaction. These include the elements, alloys and simple compounds discussed in this article and several other classes of materials discussed in other articles in this Special Issue.
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@article{arxiv.1502.04724,
title = {Superconductivity in the elements, alloys and simple compounds},
author = {G. W. Webb and F. Marsiglio and J. E. Hirsch},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.04724},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Physica C, Special Issue on Superconducting Materials