Is there a lowest upper bound for superconductive transition temperatures?
Creators
- 1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N. J., 08854-8019 (United States)
Description
The values of superconductive transition temperatures Tc in conventional crystalline metallic superconductors are widely scattered, depend on the details of the Fermi surface (especially the density of states N(EF)), and are typically below 1 K. By far the highest Tc 's (∼100 K) are found in the cuprates, and there Tc is apparently insensitive to the geometry of the Fermi surface, while it depends strongly on dopant density and configuration. For the cuprates there is a smooth master curve Tcmax() for the highest Tc's as a function of the average number of Pauling resonating bonds/atom in the parent (undoped) insulator. The existence of such an -dependent optimized Tc is suggested by analogies with the microscopic theory of optimized molecular glass networks (such as window glass), but it remains to derive a rigorous quantum theory of the origin of Tcmax()
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/108/1/012033Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 108
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- [6 p.]
- ISSN
- 1742-6596
Conference
- Title
- International symposium on lattice effects in cuprate high temperature superconductors
- Acronym
- LEHTSCH2007
- Dates
- 31 Oct - 3 Nov 2007
- Place
- Tsukuba (Japan)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40024557
- Subject category
- S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CRYSTALS; CUPRATES; ENERGY-LEVEL DENSITY; FERMI LEVEL; HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
- Descriptors DEC
- COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY LEVELS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SUPERCONDUCTORS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS; TYPE-II SUPERCONDUCTORS