Designing materials with advanced functionalities is the main focus of contemporary solid-state physics and chemistry. Research efforts worldwide are funneled into a few high-end goals, one of the oldest, and most fascinating of which is the search for an ambient temperature superconductor (A-SC). The reason is clear: superconductivity at ambient conditions implies being able to handle, measure and access a single, coherent, macroscopic quantum mechanical state without the limitations associated with cryogenics and pressurization. This would not only open exciting avenues for fundamental research, but also pave the road for a wide range of technological applications, affecting strategic areas such as energy conservation and climate change. In this roadmap we have collected contributions from many of the main actors working on superconductivity, and asked them to share their personal viewpoint on the field. The hope is that this article will serve not only as an instantaneous picture of the status of research, but also as a true roadmap defining the main long-term theoretical and experimental challenges that lie ahead. Interestingly, although the current research in superconductor design is dominated by conventional (phonon-mediated) superconductors, there seems to be a widespread consensus that achieving A-SC may require different pairing mechanisms.In memoriam, to Neil Ashcroft, who inspired us all.
The 2021 room-temperature superconductivity roadmap / Boeri, L.; Hennig, R.; Hirschfeld, P.; Profeta, G.; Sanna, A.; Zurek, E.; Pickett, W. E.; Amsler, M.; Dias, R.; Eremets, M. I.; Heil, C.; Hemley, R. J.; Liu, H.; Ma, Y.; Pierleoni, C.; Kolmogorov, A. N.; Rybin, N.; Novoselov, D.; Anisimov, V.; Oganov, A. R.; Pickard, C. J.; Bi, T.; Arita, R.; Errea, I.; Pellegrini, C.; Requist, R.; Gross, E. K. U.; Margine, E. R.; Xie, S. R.; Quan, Y.; Hire, A.; Fanfarillo, L.; Stewart, G. R.; Hamlin, J. J.; Stanev, V.; Gonnelli, R. S.; Piatti, E.; Romanin, D.; Daghero, D.; Valenti, R.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 1361-648X. - 34:18(2022), p. 183002. [10.1088/1361-648X/ac2864]
The 2021 room-temperature superconductivity roadmap
Boeri L.
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2022
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Designing materials with advanced functionalities is the main focus of contemporary solid-state physics and chemistry. Research efforts worldwide are funneled into a few high-end goals, one of the oldest, and most fascinating of which is the search for an ambient temperature superconductor (A-SC). The reason is clear: superconductivity at ambient conditions implies being able to handle, measure and access a single, coherent, macroscopic quantum mechanical state without the limitations associated with cryogenics and pressurization. This would not only open exciting avenues for fundamental research, but also pave the road for a wide range of technological applications, affecting strategic areas such as energy conservation and climate change. In this roadmap we have collected contributions from many of the main actors working on superconductivity, and asked them to share their personal viewpoint on the field. The hope is that this article will serve not only as an instantaneous picture of the status of research, but also as a true roadmap defining the main long-term theoretical and experimental challenges that lie ahead. Interestingly, although the current research in superconductor design is dominated by conventional (phonon-mediated) superconductors, there seems to be a widespread consensus that achieving A-SC may require different pairing mechanisms.In memoriam, to Neil Ashcroft, who inspired us all.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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