Related papers: From LaH10 to room-temperature superconductors
An analysis of experimental heat capacity at $T>T_{c}$ is presented for series of samples $(R)Ba_2Cu_3O_{6+x}$ (with $x$ close to optimal). For all samples the anomaly was discovered which occurred steadily in the interval 250-290 K…
In the last six years (2015-2021), many superconducting hydrides with critical temperatures $\textit{T}$$_C$ of up to 253 K, a record for today, have been discovered. Now, a special field of hydride superconductivity at ultrahigh pressures…
The detailed study of the selected thermodynamic properties of the superconducting phase in the molecular hydrogen under the pressure at 428 GPa has been presented. For the increasing value of the Coulomb pseudopotential,…
The superconducting transition temperatures of high-Tc compounds based on copper, iron, ruthenium and certain organic molecules are discovered to be dependent on bond lengths, ionic valences, and Coulomb coupling between electronic bands in…
Recent experiments have established rare earth A15 type hydrides as a distinct family of high temperature superconductors that can be stabilized at significantly lower pressures compared to other superconducting hydrides. In particular, A15…
Recently room temperature superconductivity with Tc=15 degrees Celsius has been discovered in a pressurized complex ternary hydride, CSHx, which is a carbon doped H3S alloy. The nanoscale structure of H3S is a particular realization of the…
We present an analysis of previously published measurements of the London penetration depth of layered organic superconductors. The predictions of the BCS theory of superconductivity are shown to disagree with the measured zero temperature,…
Using the data on the superconducting critical temperature ($T_{C}$) for a number of metal hydrides, we found a rule that makes it possible to predict the maximum $T_{C}$ based only on the information about the electronic structure of metal…
We present the structural, electronic and superconducting properties of Li2B2 under pressure within the framework of the density functional theory. The structural parameters, electronic band structure, phonon frequency of the E2g phonon…
In this paper, we calculate the superconducting critical temperature as a function of pressure, Tc(P ), using a method based on the functional derivative of the critical temperature with the Eliashberg function, dTc/dA2F. The coulomb…
We have investigated the superconducting properties of the noncentrosymmetric superconductor LaRhSi$_{3}$ by performing magnetization, specific heat, electrical resistivity and muon spin relaxation ($\mu$SR) measurements. LaRhSi$_{3}$…
Experimental discovery of near-room-temperature superconductivity in highly compressed hydrogen sulfate started a new era in superconductivity. To date, researchers have made the discovery of dozens of superconducting hydride phases with…
The thermodynamic parameters of the superconducting state in Calcium under the pressure at 200 GPa have been determined. The numerical analysis by using the Eliashberg equations in the mixed representation has been conducted. It has been…
Hydrogen-rich ternary hydrides are promising candidates for high-Tc superconductivity at megabar pressures, yet their chemical space is vast and largely unexplored. Combining evolutionary structure searches with first-principles…
Based on recent studies regarding high-temperature (high-$T_c$) La-Y ternary hydrides (e.g., $P{\bar{1}}$-La$_2$YH$_{12}$, $Pm{\bar{3}}m$-LaYH$_{12}$, and $Pm{\bar{3}}m$-(La,Y)H$_{10}$ with a maximum $T_c \sim 253$ K), we examined the phase…
Magnetic properties of the novel layered superconductor, Na$_{0.35}$CoO$_{2}$$\cdot$1.3H$_{2}$O have been investigated. From the temperature dependence and field dependence of the magnetization, the superconducting transition temperature,…
Discovery of high-temperature superconductivity in hydrogen-rich compounds has fuelled the enthusiasm for finding materials with more promising superconducting properties among hydrides. However, the ultrahigh pressure needed to synthesize…
It is shown that one can obtain quantitatively accurate values for the superconducting critical temperature within a Hamiltonian framework. This is possible if one uses a renormalized Hamiltonian that contains an attractive…
The superconductor YB6 has the second highest critical temperature Tc among the boride family MBn. We report measurements of the specific heat, resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and thermal expansion from 2 to 300 K, using a single…
The discovery of clathrate superhydrides has approached the long-standing dream of room-temperature superconductivity and thus inspired their prosperous research under high pressure. However, how to experimentally optimize these compelling…