Workshop on the Road to Room Temperature Superconductivity
Abstract
History shows right from the beginning that there has been no successful prediction of new families of superconductors. Discoveries in this field have been unexpected, even revolutionary, and not foreseen as simple and logical next steps in an ongoing scientific enterprise. The Bednorz-Muller discovery of superconductivity in the copper-oxide pervoskite family was just such a revolutionary jump. But evolutionary research aimed at the synthesis and characterization of new compositions can also give insightful and even unexpected results. To this end, a 2-day workshop was recently held in which a diverse group of researchers discussed the possibility of reaching substantially higher transition temperatures than are presently known.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 14, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA264633
Entities
People
- Theodore H. Geballe
Organizations
- Stanford University