Superconductivity and Fast Proton Transport in Nanoconfined Water

TL;DR

This paper predicts that electron-doped nanoconfined water can exhibit high-temperature superconductivity below 230 K and fast proton transport above this temperature, based on a molecular orbital and Jahn-Teller mechanism.

Contribution

It introduces a novel theoretical framework combining molecular orbitals and Jahn-Teller effects to explain superconductivity and proton transport in nanoconfined water.

Findings

Superconductivity predicted below 230 K in nanoconfined water

Fast proton transport expected above the transition temperature

Theoretical model links electron doping to superconductivity and proton mobility

Abstract

A real-space molecular-orbital description of Cooper pairing in conjunction with the dynamic Jahn-Teller mechanism for high-Tc superconductivity predicts that electron-doped water confined to the nanoscale environment of a carbon nanotube or biological macromolecule should superconduct below and exhibit fast proton transport above the transition temperature, Tc = 230 degK (-43 degC).