Superconductivity in Compressed Potassium and Rubidium
arXiv:cond-mat/0301426 · doi:10.1016/S0038-1098(03)00388-0
Abstract
Calculations of the electron-phonon interaction in the alkali metals, Potassium and Rubidium, using the results of band theory and BCS theory-based techniques suggest that at high pressures K and Rb would be superconductors with transition temperatures approaching 10 K.
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