STUDY OF AND SEARCH FOR REALISTIC SUPERCONDUCTING AND RELATED MATERIALS WITH HIGH PERFORMANCE FOR SCIENCE AND DEVICES FOR USAF
Abstract
The goal of this proposal is to investigate and search for realistic superconducting and related materials with better performance in order to advance the science and to meet the special needs of the electrical systems and/or devices used by the United States Air Force (USAF), i.e. high power, high current, very light weight, ultralow heat loss, and high power density with fast charge and discharge. The proposed research will specifically aim at raising the superconducting transition temperature Tc, preferably to room temperature; improving the chemical stability; lowering the manufacturing cost; and relaxing the operating constraint by applying recent advances made and knowledge acquired in superconducting and related materials, particularly in our lab, in order to help achieve further reductions in the size and weight of electrical systems and electronics, as well as increases in their efficiency and life cycle, for the USAF. Specifically, we want to develop practical high temperature superconducting cuprates with higher Tc by modifying their electronic and structural states through chemical and physical means; retain at ambient their high-pressure-induced high-Tc phase through chosen thermodynamic routes; induce and examine the implication of the superconducting state in quantum materials, such as the 2D and 3D Weyl semimetals; and explore novel chemical and physical pathways to transform multiferroics into high temperature superconductors by taking advantage of the fluctuations between bordering members of the “magnets – ferroelectrics – superconductors” triad.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2021
- Source ID
- FA95502010068
Entities
People
- Paul C. W. Chu
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- United States Air Force
- University of Houston System