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The simple microscopic model for the high-T_{C} superconductors based on the electron-phonon (EPH) and electron-electron-phonon (EEPH) interactions has been presented. On the {\it fold} mean-field level, it has been shown, that the obtained…
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Using the full potential linear muffin-tin orbitals (FP-LMTO) method we examine the pressure-dependence of superconductivity in the two metallic phases of Boron: bct and fcc. Linear response calculations are carried out to examine the…
High critical temperature (T$_c$) superconductor has a great potential in many industrial applications. However, discovering a compound having high T$_c$ is still remaining a big challenge for experimental approach due to time-consuming and…
We extend the two leading methods for the \emph{ab initio} computational descrip tion of phonon-mediated superconductors, namely Eliashberg theory and density fu nctional theory for superconductors (SCDFT), to include plasmonic effects.…
We present a brief review of the present day situation with studies of high-temperature superconductivity in iron pnictides and chalcogenides. Recent discovery of superconductivity with T_c > 30 K in A_xFe_{2-x/2}Se_2 (A=K,Cs,Tl,...)…
The critical temperature of high-$T_c$ superconductors is determined, at least in part, by the electron-phonon coupling. We include the effect of an exchange interaction between the electrons and calculate the renormalization of the bare…
We study the impact of a time-dependent external driving of the lattice phonons in a minimal model of a BCS superconductor. Upon evaluating the driving-induced vertex corrections of the phonon-mediated electron-electron interaction, we show…
The discovery of new superconducting materials, particularly those exhibiting high critical temperature ($T_c$), has been a vibrant area of study within the field of condensed matter physics. Conventional approaches primarily rely on…
The 2014-2015 prediction, discovery, and confirmation of record high temperature superconductivity above 200K in H$_3$S, followed by the 2018 extension to superconductivity in the 250-280K range in lanthanum hydride, marks a new era in the…
The paper determines the thermodynamic parameters of the superconducting state in the metallic atomic hydrogen under the pressure at $1$ TPa, $1.5$ TPa, and $2.5$ TPa. The calculations were conducted in the framework of the Eliashberg…
Two-dimensional superconductors attract great interest both for their fundamental physics and for their potential applications, especially in the rapidly growing field of quantum computing. Despite intense theoretical and experimental…
The remarkable finding of this work is the linear correlation between the critical temperature of superconducting (SC) transition, Tc, and the room-temperature half-width of angular correlation of positron annihila- tion phonons (ACPAP),…
Based on first-principles lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling calculations, B2C sheet is predicted to be a two-dimensional (2D) phonon-mediated superconductor with a relatively high transition temperature (Tc). The electron-phonon…
Although the pairing glue for the attractive quasiparticle interaction responsible for unconventional superconductivity in heavy electron materials has been identified as the spin fluctuations that arise from their proximity to a magnetic…
Two hydrogen-rich materials, H$_3$S and LaH$_{10}$, synthesized at megabar pressures, have revolutionized the field of condensed matter physics providing the first glimpse to the solution of the hundred-year-old problem of room temperature…
Predicting the transition temperature, Tc, of a superconductor from Periodic Table normal state properties is regarded as one of the grand challenges of superconductivity. By studying the correlations of Periodic Table properties with known…
In recent years, the quest for high critical-temperature superconductors has increasingly focused on metal and molecular hydrides, which have demonstrated potential for superconductivity at or near room temperature under extremely high…
More than a century after discovery, the theory of conventional superconductivity remains incomplete. While the importance of electron-phonon coupling is understood, a controlled first-principles treatment of Coulomb interaction is lacking.…