Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity from a Practical Point of View

TL;DR

This paper analyzes experimental data to identify key components for synthesizing room-temperature superconductors, highlighting the importance of large organic molecules and magnetic intercalated atoms, without relying on specific mechanisms.

Contribution

It provides a data-driven analysis identifying essential components for room-temperature superconductors, offering practical guidance without assumptions on the underlying mechanism.

Findings

Large organic molecules are essential components.

Magnetic atoms/molecules in intercalated form are crucial.

The approach is based solely on experimental facts.

Abstract

To synthesize a new superconductor which has a critical temperature, Tc, exceeding the room temperature, one needs to know what chemical components to start with. This chapter presents analysis of experimental data which allow one to draw a conclusion about components and the structure of a potential room-temperature superconductor. The two essential components of a room temperature superconductor are large organic molecules (polymers, tissues) and atoms/molecules which are magnetic in the intercalated state. This conclusion is fully based on experimental facts known today, and does not require any assumptions about the mechanism of room-temperature superconductivity. This, however, does not mean that to synthesize a room-temperature superconductor is an easy task.