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Challenges Confronting High Temperature Superconducting Materials: From Nanoscale Theories to Exascale Energy Applications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 September 2014

Paul Michael Grant
Paul Michael Grant*
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W2AGZ Technologies San Jose, CA 95123, U.S.A.
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Abstract

We review the present state of the understanding and application of high temperature superconductor materials ranging from attempts to clarify pairing mechanisms on the energy scale of a few milli-electron-volts to their use to embody terra-kwh continental wide deployment within the electricity enterprise. Examples include the use of density functional theory to study the relative roles of spin-fluctuation and/or lattice vibration induced Cooper pairing to modelling the incorporation of long distance HTSC transmission cables within the same natural gas pipeline rights-of-way infrastructure now emerging worldwide.

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superconductingsimulationeconomics
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1684: Symposium T – Superconductor Materials—From Basic Science to Novel Technology , 2014 , mrss14-1684-t07-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2014 

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