Conventional superconductivity at 203 kelvin at high pressures in the sulfur hydride system

Nature

Volumn 525, Issue 7567, 2015, Pages 73-76

  Drozdov, A P ^a   Eremets, M I ^a   Troyan, I A ^a   Ksenofontov, V ^b   Shylin, S I ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR;

COPPER; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROSCOPY; OXIDE; SULFUR; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHONON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84940947212     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature14964     Document Type: Article

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