
AbstractSearching for natural materials exhibiting larger electron-electron interactions constitutes a traditional approach to high-temperature superconductivity research. Very recently, we pointed out that the newly developed field of electromagnetic metamaterials deals with the somewhat related task of dielectric response engineering on a sub-100-nm scale. Considerable enhancement of the electron-electron interaction may be expected in such metamaterial scenarios as in epsilon near-zero (ENZ) and hyperbolic metamaterials. In both cases, dielectric function may become small and negative in substantial portions of the relevant four-momentum space, leading to enhancement of the electron pairing interaction. This approach has been verified in experiments with aluminum-based metamaterials. Metamaterial superconductor withTc=3.9 K have been fabricated, which is three times that of pure aluminum (Tc=1.2 K), which opens up new possibilities to improve theTcof other simple superconductors considerably. Taking advantage of the demonstrated success of this approach, the critical temperature of hypothetical niobium, MgB2- and H2S-based metamaterial superconductors is evaluated. The MgB2-based metamaterial superconductors are projected to reach the liquid nitrogen temperature range. In the case of an H2S-based metamaterial, the projectedTcappears to reach ~250 K.
electromagnetic metamaterials, superconductivity, Physics, QC1-999, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), hyperbolic metamaterial, Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con), dielectric properties, epsilon near-zero metamaterial, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
electromagnetic metamaterials, superconductivity, Physics, QC1-999, Condensed Matter - Superconductivity, FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Applied Physics, Applied Physics (physics.app-ph), hyperbolic metamaterial, Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con), dielectric properties, epsilon near-zero metamaterial, Physics - Optics, Optics (physics.optics)
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