Structure prediction drives materials discovery

AR Oganov, CJ Pickard, Q Zhu, RJ Needs - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Progress in the discovery of new materials has been accelerated by the development of
reliable quantum-mechanical approaches to crystal structure prediction. The properties of a …

[HTML][HTML] A perspective on conventional high-temperature superconductors at high pressure: Methods and materials

JA Flores-Livas, L Boeri, A Sanna, G Profeta, R Arita… - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
Two hydrogen-rich materials, H 3 S and LaH 10, synthesized at megabar pressures, have
revolutionized the field of condensed matter physics providing the first glimpse to the …

Stoichiometric Ternary Superhydride as a New Template for High-Temperature Superconductivity at 110 K under 80 GPa

Y Song, J Bi, Y Nakamoto, K Shimizu, H Liu, B Zou… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
The search for high-temperature superconducting superhydrides has recently moved into a
new phase by going beyond extensively probed binary compounds and focusing on ternary …

Absence of near-ambient superconductivity in LuHxNy

X Ming, YJ Zhang, X Zhu, Q Li, C He, Y Liu, T Huang… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
A recent study demonstrated near-ambient superconductivity in nitrogen-doped lutetium
hydride. This stimulated a worldwide interest in exploring room-temperature …

Superconductivity at 250 K in lanthanum hydride under high pressures

AP Drozdov, PP Kong, VS Minkov, SP Besedin… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
With the discovery of superconductivity at 203 kelvin in H3S, attention returned to
conventional superconductors with properties that can be described by the Bardeen …

Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K in lanthanum superhydride at megabar pressures

M Somayazulu, M Ahart, AK Mishra, ZM Geballe… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Recent predictions and experimental observations of high T c superconductivity in hydrogen-
rich materials at very high pressures are driving the search for superconductivity in the …

Superconductivity at 253 K in lanthanum–yttrium ternary hydrides

DV Semenok, IA Troyan, AG Ivanova, AG Kvashnin… - Materials Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Here we report the high-pressure synthesis of a series of lanthanum–yttrium ternary
hydrides obtained at pressures of 170–196 GPa via the laser heating of P6 3/mmc La–Y …

Superconductivity up to 243 K in the yttrium-hydrogen system under high pressure

P Kong, VS Minkov, MA Kuzovnikov… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The discovery of superconducting H3S with a critical temperature T c∼ 200 K opened a
door to room temperature superconductivity and stimulated further extensive studies of …

Superconductivity above 200 K discovered in superhydrides of calcium

Z Li, X He, C Zhang, X Wang, S Zhang, Y Jia… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Searching for superconductivity with T c near room temperature is of great interest both for
fundamental science & many potential applications. Here we report the experimental …

Quantum crystal structure in the 250-kelvin superconducting lanthanum hydride

I Errea, F Belli, L Monacelli, A Sanna, T Koretsune… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The discovery of superconductivity at 200 kelvin in the hydrogen sulfide system at high
pressures demonstrated the potential of hydrogen-rich materials as high-temperature …