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Matter and Radiation at Extremes, Volume. 9, Issue 1, 018401(2024)

Design of high-temperature superconductors at moderate pressures by alloying AlH3 or GaH3

Xiaowei Liang1,2, Xudong Wei1, Eva Zurek3, Aitor Bergara4,5,6, Peifang Li7, Guoying Gao1、a), and Yongjun Tian1
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  • 1Center for High Pressure Science (CHiPS), State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China
  • 2School of Materials Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou 450001, China
  • 3Department of Chemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260-3000, USA
  • 4Physics Department and EHU Quantum Center, University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, 48080 Bilbao, Spain
  • 5Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), 20018 Donostia, Spain
  • 6Centro de Física de Materiales CFM, Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU, 20018 Donostia, Spain
  • 7Extreme Conditions Physics Research Team, College of Physics and Electronic Information, Inner Mongolia Minzu University, Tongliao 028043, China
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    Xiaowei Liang, Xudong Wei, Eva Zurek, Aitor Bergara, Peifang Li, Guoying Gao, Yongjun Tian. Design of high-temperature superconductors at moderate pressures by alloying AlH3 or GaH3[J]. Matter and Radiation at Extremes, 2024, 9(1): 018401

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    Received: May. 25, 2023

    Accepted: Oct. 26, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 27, 2024

    The Author Email: Guoying Gao (gaoguoying@ysu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1063/5.0159590

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