High Temperature Superconducting State in Metallic Nanoclusters and Nano-Based Systems

Abstract

Main goal of project is the search of new materials with high temperature of the superconducting transition (order of room temperature). Main investigation objects are special nanoclusters with shell structure of the electron spectrum. The goal is investigation of the possibility of building of nets (two and three dimensional) from nanoclusters with high value of the superconducting transition temperature and possessing of possibility to transfer high value of transport current without dissipation of energy. Thermal and quantum fluctuations are source of energy dissipation. The net from nanoclusters is inhomogeneous media. Intrinsic inhomogeneity leads to pinning of vortices and make it possible to flow of non dissipative current. Our goal is investigation of creep of the vortex structure in high and low temperature region. Main investigation methods are methods of quantum field theory. Expected results are: we are hope obtain nanoclusters with high value of the superconducting transition temperature and determine physical parameters of such clusters (chemical structure, form of cluster, electrons number, etc.). We are anticipating that for special conditions the resonant tunneling between nanoclusters can take place and as result the critical value of the superconducting current density will increase strictly. This will lead also to the strong suppression of the role of thermal and quantum fluctuation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA552346

Entities

People

  • Yury N. Ovchinnikov

Organizations

  • Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Dissipation
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • High Temperature
  • Materials
  • Nanoparticles
  • Phase Transformations
  • Physics
  • Quantum Field Theory
  • Quantum Tunneling
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transitions
  • Tunneling

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Superconducting Magnet Technology

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Quantum Computing