Record High 36 K Transition Temperature to the Superconducting State of Elemental Scandium at a Pressure of 260 GPa

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 130; no. 25; p. 256002
• Main Authors: Ying, Jianjun, Liu, Shiqiu, Lu, Qing, Wen, Xikai, Gui, Zhigang, Zhang, Yuqing, Wang, Xiaomeng, Sun, Jian, Chen, Xianhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 23.06.2023
• Subjects: Electrons; Physics; Scandium; Temperature; Transition Temperature
• ISSN: 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.256002

Elemental materials provide clean and fundamental platforms for studying superconductivity. However, the highest superconducting critical temperature (T_{c}) yet observed in elements has not exceeded 30 K. Discovering elemental superconductors with a higher T_{c} is one of the most fundamental and c...