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O. Paul Isikaku-Ironkwe
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2012
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O. Paul Isikaku-Ironkwe
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Rational design of superconductivity from Periodic Table properties is one of the grand challenges of superconductivity. We recently showed (Arxiv: 1208.0071) that high-Tc superconductivity exists in the Z = 5.667 with Ne=2.333. Here we propose and show that materials with Z = 6.0 and Ne =2.0 and 2.22 also meet the conditions for high-Tc superconductivity. We predict that the Ne=2.67 variety will not be superconducting but the ternary and quaternary systems of the Z =6.0 family with Ne=2.0 and 2.22 would have 12.5leqFw/Zleq25 and Tcs that fall in the range 60K - 100K. We provide material specific examples of such potential low-Z, Low-Ne high-Tc superconductors.
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The concepts of Rational Design of Superconductivity from Periodic Table properties were proposed in an earlier paper (ArXiv: 1204.0233). We had shown latter too that high-Tc superconductivity exists in the Z=7.333 family with Ne=2.667, of which MgB2 is a member. Here we propose and show that compounds with Z = 5.667 and Ne=2.333 will meet the conditions for high-Tc superconductivity similar to the Z = 7.333 family. The predicted Tcs for the ternary and quaternary systems of the Z =5.667 family would fall in the range 40K - 100K. We give material specific examples of some such possible rational designs of high-Tc superconductivity.
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 adjacent, spatially separated layers [1]. Optimal transition temperature, denoted as T_c0, is given by the universal expression $k_BT_c0 = e^2 Lambda / ellzeta$; $ell$ is the spacing between interacting charges within the layers, zeta is the distance between interacting layers and Lambda is a universal constant, equal to about twice the reduced electron Compton wavelength (suggesting that Compton scattering plays a role in pairing). Non-optimum compounds in which sample degradation is evident typically exhibit Tc < T_c0. For the 31+ optimum compounds tested, the theoretical and experimental T_c0 agree statistically to within +/- 1.4 K. The elemental high Tc building block comprises two adjacent and spatially separated charge layers; the factor e^2/zeta arises from Coulomb forces between them. The theoretical charge structure representing a room-temperature superconductor is also presented.
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