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We show an efficient way to compute the electron-phonon coupling constant, $\lambda$, and the superconducting transition temperature, Tc from first-principles calculations. This approach gives rapid convergence of Tc with respect to the…

Superconductivity · Physics 2017-10-11 Takashi Koretsune , Ryotaro Arita

Predicting the critical temperature $T_c$ of new superconductors is a notoriously difficult task, even for electron-phonon paired superconductors for which the theory is relatively well understood. Early attempts by McMillan and Allen and…

Superconductivity · Physics 2019-11-27 S. R. Xie , G. R. Stewart , J. J. Hamlin , P. J. Hirschfeld , R. G. Hennig

We show that the electron-phonon coupling (EPC) in many materials can be significantly underestimated by the standard density functional theory (DFT) in the local density approximation (LDA) due to large non-local correlation effects. We…

Superconductivity · Physics 2013-10-02 Z. P. Yin , A. Kutepov , G. Kotliar

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) is foundational in condensed matter physics, determining intriguing phenomena and properties in both conventional and quantum materials. In this manuscript, we propose and demonstrate a novel two dimensional…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-09 Sheng Qu , Vishal K. Sharma , Jaco Geuchies , Maksim Grechko , Mischa Bonn , Falko Pientka , Heejae Kim

A very recent report claims that ambient-pressure high-temperature ($T_c$) superconductivity was found in boron-doped three-dimensional networks of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). Here, we systematically study the electron-phonon coupling (EPC) of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-11-07 Zhenfeng Ouyang , Jing Jiang , Jian-Feng Zhang , Miao Gao , Kai Liu , Zhong-Yi Lu

The search for room-temperature superconductors is a major challenge in modern physics. The discovery of copper-oxide superconductors in 1986 brought hope but also revealed complex mechanisms that are difficult to analyze and compute. In…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-09-26 Shiya Chen , Feng Zheng , Zhen Zhang , Shunqing Wu , Kai-Ming Ho , Vladimir Antropov , Yang Sun

We survey the landscape of binary hydrides across the entire periodic table from 10 to 500 GPa using a crystal structure prediction method. Building a critical temperature ($T_c$) model, with inputs arising from density of states…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-08-11 Alice M. Shipley , Michael J. Hutcheon , Richard J. Needs , Chris J. Pickard

We present a workflow that iteratively combines \textit{ab-initio} calculations with a machine-learning (ML) guided search for superconducting compounds with both dynamical stability and instability from imaginary phonon modes, the latter…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-09 Niraj K. Nepal , Lin-Lin Wang

We present a new technique for measuring the critical temperature Tc in the high pressure, high Tc electron-phonon-driven superconducting hydrides. This technique does not require connecting leads to the sample. In the multiphonon region of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-08-01 J. P. Carbotte , E. J. Nicol , T. Timusk

The strong coupling Eliashberg theory plus vertex correction is used to calculate maps of transition temperature (Tc) in parameter-space characterizing superconductivity. Based on these Tc maps, crossover behaviors are found when…

Superconductivity · Physics 2010-03-31 W. Fan

The theoretical maximum critical temperature ($T_c$) for conventional superconductors at ambient pressure remains a fundamental question in condensed matter physics. Through analysis of electron-phonon calculations for over 20,000 metals,…

The origin of superconductivity in twisted bilayer graphene -- whether phonon-driven or electron-driven -- remains unresolved, in part due to the absence of a quantitative and efficient model for electron-phonon coupling (EPC). In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-12 Ziyan Zhu , Thomas P. Devereaux

We develop a non-perturbative approach for calculating the superconducting transition temperatures ($T_{c}$) of liquids. The electron-electron scattering amplitude induced by electron-phonon coupling (EPC), from which the effective pairing…

Superconductivity · Physics 2020-03-25 Huiying Liu , Ying Yuan , Donghao Liu , Xin-Zheng Li , Junren Shi

This letter reports the unexpectedly strong electron-phonon coupling (EPC) and the highest $T_c$ record ($\approx$ 38 K) among the MXenes revealed in the 2H-Mo$_2$N under biaxial stress. At first, its excellent mechanical properties are…

We used our developed AI search engine~(InvDesFlow) to perform extensive investigations regarding ambient stable superconducting hydrides. A cubic structure Li$_2$AuH$_6$ with Au-H octahedral motifs is identified to be a candidate. After…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-05-15 Zhenfeng Ouyang , Bo-Wen Yao , Xiao-Qi Han , Peng-Jie Guo , Ze-Feng Gao , Zhong-Yi Lu

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…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-04-23 R. Szczesniak

We investigate the dynamical effects of electron-phonon coupling (EPC) on the superconducting properties of two-dimensional (2D) systems, calculating the Eliashberg function in terms of dynamically renormalized phonons. By studying…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-04-29 Juraj Krsnik , Dino Novko , Osor Slaven Barišić

The coupling between lattice vibration quanta and valence electrons can induce charge density modulations and decisively influence the transport properties of materials, e.g. leading to conventional superconductivity. In high critical…

Electron-phonon coupling (EPC) governs lattice dynamics, charge transport, and collective electronic phases in quantum materials. In several families of unconventional superconductors, including transition-metal dichalcogenides and kagome…

Electron-phonon superconductors at high pressures have displayed the highest values of critical superconducting temperature $T_c$ on record, now rapidly approaching room temperature. Despite the importance of high-$P$ superconductivity in…

Superconductivity · Physics 2021-04-07 Chandan Setty , Matteo Baggioli , Alessio Zaccone
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