Search for novel mechanisms to increase the critical temperature of a superconductor

Projektinformationen

NANOHIGHTC

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 268172

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

Startdatum 1 September 2010

Enddatum 31 August 2014

Finanziert unter

• Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Gesamtkosten € 100 000,00

EU-Beitrag € 100 000,00

Koordiniert durch

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO
Portugal

Ziel

The main objective of the proposal is to find new ways to increase substantially the critical temperature of a superconductor, determine the experimental feasibility of the theoretical predictions and, in collaboration with experimentalists, find the experimental setting with an optimal enhancement of superconductivity. In order to pursue this goal we investigate: (1) finite size effects in different type of superconductors - Pb, fullerides, cuprates and iron pnictides -
, (2) novel forms of superconductivity based on Efimov states, (3) superconductivity in systems that do not thermalize, namely, with quasiparticle distributions different from Fermi-Dirac. In (1) the main task is to identify the grain size and shape, amount of disorder and type of interaction for which Tc increases the most and assess its practical/experimental feasibility and its potential for technological applications. In (2) and (3) we first aim to identify the properties of the superconducting state and its robustness under thermal and quantum fluctuations and then explore the optimal setting to observe an enhancement of superconductivity. Moreover, in order to gain theoretical understanding of some of these strongly interacting systems, we employ the AdS-CFT correspondence (see background) in order to put forward a quantitative, though effective, description of certain aspects of high temperature superconductors and systems close to quantum critical points.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › grains and oilseeds
• natural sciences › physical sciences › electromagnetism and electronics › superconductivity

Programm/Programme

• FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)

Thema/Themen

• FP7-PEOPLE-2009-RG - Marie Curie Action: "Reintegration Grants"

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

FP7-PEOPLE-2010-RG
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Finanzierungsplan

MC-IRG - International Re-integration Grants (IRG)

Koordinator

INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TECNICO

Kontakt Verwaltung

Teresa Malhoa (Dr.)

• EU-Beitrag: € 100 000,00
• Adresse: AVENIDA ROVISCO PAIS 1 ; 1049 001 Lisboa ; Portugal
• Region: Continente › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa › Área Metropolitana de Lisboa
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: Keine Daten