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Hydrogen rich compounds: design, properties & phase transitions at high pressures

Comments

Recent theoretical predictions and subsequent experimental synthesis and characterization of record high-Tc superconductors (LaH10, H3S, ThH10, YH6, YH9) have reexcited the hopes for room-temperature superconductivity. Indeed, almost room-temperature (with established Tc=250-260 K) has already been reached. All of these compounds are non-classical, with chemical compositions that cannot be explained by atomic valences and cannot be anticipated without explicit quantum-mechanical calculations or experiments. Our session will present progress in this exciting field, including theoretical and experimental methodologies, new hydride superconductors, new ideas for reaching room-temperature and above room-temperature superconductivity, and new insights into the chemistry and bonding of these unusual compounds.

Chair persons

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Region
Alex	Goncharov	Carnegie Institution of Washington	Washington DC	USA	ACA
Artem	Oganov	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Moscow	Russia	ECA

Invited speakers

Name	Family	Institution	City	Country	Title
Chris J.	Pickard	University of Cambridge	Cambridge	UK	Computational challenges in the search for better superconducting hydrides
Dmitry	Semenok	Skoltech	Moscow	Russia