Superconductiviy in Boron-doped Amorphous Carbon

ORAL

Abstract

We examine the effect of boron doping in superconducting forms of amorphous carbon. By judiciously optimizing boron substitutional sites in simulated amorphous carbon we predict a superconducting transition temperature near 37 K at 14 % boron concentration. Our findings have direct implications for understanding the recently discovered high Tc superconductivity in Q-carbon.

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Presenters

  • Yuki Sakai

    University of Texas, Austin

Authors

  • Yuki Sakai

    University of Texas, Austin

  • James Chelikowsky

    Univ of Texas, Austin, The University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas, Austin, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas

  • Marvin Cohen

    University of California, Berkeley, Physics, University of California at Berkeley