superconducting quantum tunneling wire

Sep 17, 2016 0 Replies

Hi,



If two or more parallel conductive wires with 0.5nm spacing have a current put through them from left to right as shown here:



current travel ----->


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Since the wires are close together then some of the electron charge should exist in a "tunneling state", ie not in the wires but between the wires. Assuming based on the wire spacing ie 0.5nm, etc that the ratio of tunneling charge was 10% of the overall electric charge in the wire, will this decrease the effective resistance of the wires leading to room temperature superconductivity in the right conditions?



cheers, Jamie


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