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An application of the general equation obtained in Part I to low critical temperature superconductors utilizing an "ad hoc" phononic theory is developed. Then, we arrive to a specific expression for the bounding energy as a function of…
Over the past six years (2015-2021), many superconducting hydrides with critical temperatures $T_{C}$ up to 250 K, which are currently record highs, have been discovered. Now we can already say that a special field of superconductivity has…
The emergence of near-ambient temperature superconductivity under pressure in the metal hydride systems has motivated a desire to further understand such remarkable properties, specifically critical magnetic fields. YH$_6$ is suggested to…
New stable thorium decahydride $Fm\bar{3}m$-$ThH_{10}$, a record high-temperature superconductor with $T_C$ up to 241 K ($-32^{\circ}C$), critical field $H_C$ up to 71T and superconducting gap ${\Delta_0}$ = 52 meV at 80-100 GPa was…
We present a study of the superconducting transition in MgB2 using the ab-initio pseudopotential density functional method and the fully anisotropic Eliashberg equation. Our study shows that the anisotropic Eliashberg equation, constructed…
Polycrystalline HfPd2Al has been synthesized using the arc-melting method and studied under ambient pressure conditions by x-ray diffraction from room temperature up to 450^oC. High pressure x-ray diffraction up to 23 GPa was also performed…
In this work we present the thermodynamic properties of the superconducting state in phosphorene. In particular, we have examined the electron doped ($n_{D}=1.3\times 10^{14} \rm{cm^{-2}}$) and biaxially strained (4 %) monolayer of black…
We investigate superconducting systems with the use of the phenomenological Landau's theory of second order phase transitions, including into the considerations the critical behaviour of the chemical potential. We derive in this way a…
The ab initio calculations suggest that the superconducting state in CaH6 under the pressure at 150 GPa has the highest critical temperature among the examined hydrogen-rich compounds. For this reason, the relevant thermodynamic parameters…
We study the transition temperature Tc(H) of a quasi-one-dimensional (Q1D) superconductivity which is derived from the quantum effect of an electron motion in a strong magnetic field. We calculate Tc(H) of both isotropic and anisotropic…
In the last years ample experimental evidence has shown that charge carriers in high-temperature superconductors are strongly correlated but also coupled with lattice vibrations (phonons), signaling that the true origin of high-Tc…
Starting from an {\it ab initio}-derived two-site dimer Hubbard hamiltonian on a triangular lattice, we calculate the superconducting gap functions and critical temperatures for representative $\kappa$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$X superconductors by…
The experimental critical temperature of systems of nanoparticles superconducting (Pb) and normal (Ag, Cu and Al) with a random distribution and sizes less than their respective coherence lengths, is governed by proximity effect as the…
We report on first principles calculations of superconductivity in a single layer of lead on a silicon substrate including a full treatment of phononic and RPA screened coulomb interactions within the parameter free framework of Density…
A stability criterion is worked out for the superconducting phase. The validity of a prerequisite, established previously for persistent currents, is thereby confirmed. Temperature dependence is given for the specific heat and concentration…
In the framework of strong-coupling formalism, we have calculated the thermodynamic parameters of superconducting state in the ${\rm YB_{6}}$ compound. The values of critical temperature ($T_{C}$) are $9.5$~K and $7.9$~K for the Coulomb…
The work describes the properties of the high-pressure superconducting state in phosphor: $p\in\{20, 30, 40, 70\}$ GPa. The calculations were performed in the framework of the Eliashberg formalism, which is the natural generalization of the…
Superconducting properties of hypothetical simple hexagonal CaB2 are studied using the fully anisotropic Eliashberg formalism based on electronic and phononic structures and electron-phonon interactions which are obtained from ab initio…
We calculate superconducting transition temperatures ($T_{\rm c}$) in sulfur hydrides H$_{2}$S and H$_{3}$S from first principles using the density functional theory for superconductors. At pressures of $\lesssim$150 GPa, the high values of…
By investigating the bulk superconducting state via dc magnetization measurements, we have discovered a common resurgence of the superconductive transition temperatures (Tcs) of the monolayer Bi2Sr2CuO6+{\delta} (Bi2201) and bilayer…