Superconductivity at ∼100 K in dense SiH4(H 2)2 predicted by first principles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 36, 2010, Pages 15708-15711

  Li, Yinwei ^a   Gao, Guoying ^a   Xie, Yu ^a   Ma, Yanming ^a   Cui, Tian ^a   Zou, Guangtian ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

H2 containing compounds; High pressure; High temperature superconductors; Metallization

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; SILICONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MOLECULE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 77957587329     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1007354107     Document Type: Article

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