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Paths to Room-Temperature Superconductivity

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Superconducting state at room temperature is a perfectly realistic phenomenon, and there are various paths aimed at reaching this goal. Some of them are described briefly in this presentation. One can expect that the first breakthrough will occur with the use of the high-pressure methods. An external pressure is the thermodynamic parameter, and its change allows one to create new structures, including that of sulfur hydride displaying the record value of the critical temperature.

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Acknowledgements

The author is grateful to M. Calandra, J. Friedel, L. Gor’kov, M. Eremets, V.V. Kresin, J. Mahhhart, Y. Ovchinnikov, T. Schenkel, and S. Wolf for the collaborations and many fruitful discussions. The work is supported by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, and the US Department of Energy.

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Kresin, V.Z. Paths to Room-Temperature Superconductivity. J Supercond Nov Magn 31, 611–617 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-017-4382-0

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