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Superconducting State of Metallic Clusters: Potential for Room Temperature Superconductivity, Novel Nano-Based Tunneling Networks

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Metallic clusters contain delocalized electrons, and their states form energy shells similar to those in atoms or nuclei. Under special but perfectly realistic conditions, superconducting pairing in such nanoclusters can become very strong, and they form a new family of high temperature superconductors. In principle, it is possible to raise T C up to room temperature. The phenomenon is promising for the creation of high T C superconducting tunneling networks, and hence macroscopic superconductivity. The synchronization of such networks is discussed.

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The authors are grateful to K.A. Mueller, J. Friedel, and V.V. Kresin for valuable discussions.

The research of V.K. is supported by AFOSR. The research of Y.O. is supported by EOARD, Contract No. 09700.

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  1. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

    Vladimir Z. Kresin

  2. L.D.Landau Institute of Theoretical Physics, 117334, Moscow, Russia

    Yurii N. Ovchinnikov

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Kresin, V.Z., Ovchinnikov, Y.N. Superconducting State of Metallic Clusters: Potential for Room Temperature Superconductivity, Novel Nano-Based Tunneling Networks. J Supercond Nov Magn 26, 745–748 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-012-1961-y

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