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On the superconductivity of graphite interfaces

JETP Letters volume 100, pages 336–339 (2014)Cite this article

Abstract

We propose an explanation for the appearance of superconductivity at the interfaces of graphite with Bernal stacking order. A network of line defects with flat bands appears at the interfaces between two slightly twisted graphite structures. Due to the flat band the probability to find high temperature superconductivity at these quasi one-dimensional corridors is strongly enhanced. When the network of superconducting lines is dense it becomes effectively two-dimensional. The model provides an explanation for several reports on the observation of superconductivity up to room temperature in different oriented graphite samples, graphite powders as well as graphite-composite samples published in the past.

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  1. Division of Superconductivity and Magnetism, Institut für Experimentelle Physik II, Universität Leipzig, Leipzig, D-0413, Germany

    P. Esquinazi

  2. Department of Physics and Nanoscience Center, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, FI-40014, Finland

    T. T. Heikkilä

  3. Institute of Physics, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia

    Y. V. Lysogorskiy & D. A. Tayurskii

  4. Centre for Quantum Technologies, Kazan Federal University, Kazan, 420008, Russia

    D. A. Tayurskii

  5. Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University, Aalto, FI-00076, Finland

    G. E. Volovik

  6. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432, Russia

    G. E. Volovik

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Esquinazi, P., Heikkilä, T.T., Lysogorskiy, Y.V. et al. On the superconductivity of graphite interfaces. Jetp Lett. 100, 336–339 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364014170056

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Keywords

  • Soliton
  • JETP Letter
  • Edge Dislocation
  • Twist Angle
  • Highly Orient Pyrolytic Graphite