2006/03/19 by Warren E. Pickett, Pickett, Warren E. · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Superconducting Materials and Applications #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0603482
7 pages, 4 figures. Submitted to V. Ginzburg commemorative volume. Typographical errors corrected, small wording change
openalex publication_date 2006/03/19 · arxiv created 2006/05/29 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The vision of ``room temperature superconductivity'' has appeared intermittently but prominently in the literature since 1964, when W. A. Little and V. L. Ginzburg began working on the `problem of high temperature superconductivity' around the same time. Since that time the prospects for room temperature superconductivity have varied from gloom (around 1980) to glee (the years immediately after the discovery of HTS), to wait-and-see (the current feeling). Recent discoveries have clarified old issues, making it possible to construct the blueprint for a viable room temperature superconductor.