Superconductivity: small steps towards the "grand unification".
The existence of various families of super conducting materials and their T(C) values are qualitatively rationalized within a simple model. Novel families of superconducting materials, particularly those based on fluoride and hydride anions, are predicted. [Figure: see text]. We predict that existing families of moderate- and high-T(C) superconductors should hopefully be enriched by novel compounds containing hardly polarizable anions (such as F(-)). Covalent chlorides and hydrides also merit careful exploration.
Grochala
Wojciech
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Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteur 1, 02093, Warsaw, Poland. wg22@cornell.edu
D004553:Electric Conductivity; D005459:Fluorides / Q000737:chemistry; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature
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