Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Record high T c element superconductivity achieved in titanium

  • Changling Zhang,
  • Xin He,
  • Chang Liu,
  • Zhiwen Li,
  • Ke Lu,
  • Sijia Zhang,
  • Shaomin Feng,
  • Xiancheng Wang,
  • Yi Peng,
  • Youwen Long,
  • Richeng Yu,
  • Luhong Wang,
  • Vitali Prakapenka,
  • Stella Chariton,
  • Quan Li,
  • Haozhe Liu,
  • Changfeng Chen,
  • Changqing Jin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33077-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Superconductivity at megabar pressures has recently attracted interest in the context of hydrides. Here, the authors demonstrate superconductivity up to 26 K at high pressure in elemental titanium, and further suggest that electron correlations contribute to the high T c.