Some recent claims of high temperature superconductivity are reviewed at - "New evidence for room temperature graphite superconductivity leaves experts unconvinced" http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/2013/08/new-evidence-room-temperature-graphite-superconductivity-experts-unconvinced
Some of the reactions are reflexively critical. At the end of the article, though is one of the researcher's opinion of the skepticism: "Esquinazi agrees that it is very difficult to believe that such a simple method could work, and that simple checks were apparently not carried out. Nonetheless, Esquinazis team is looking to reproduce the results. First quick tests showed us there is something there. And Esquinazi warns: If scientists reject a finding simply because they do not believe, then they should not complain if they always arrive late. " Some other references to possible room/high-temperature superconductivity are listed below, including for Palladium hydrides: Possibility of high temperature superconducting phases in PdH http://www.heraphysics.it/PhysC388p571.pdf Can doping graphite trigger room temperature superconductivity? Evidence for granular high-temperature superconductivity in water-treated graphite powder http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1209/1209.1938.pdf Granular superconductivity at room temperature in bulk highly oriented pyrolytic graphite samples http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.4395 Superconducting Behavior of Interfaces in Graphite: Transport Measurements of Micro-constrictions http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1005/1005.5676.pdf Room Temperature Superconductivity Found in Graphite Grains Water-soaked grains of carbon superconduct at room temperature, claim a team of physicists from Germany http://www.technologyreview.com/view/429203/room-temperature-superconductivity-found-in-graphite-grains/ PATENT APPLICATION Room-temperature superconductor, perfect conductor, protonic conductor, ferromagnetic body, electromagnetic coil, and method for producing these materials US 20110130292 A1 Is Room Temperature Superconductivity in Carbon Nanotubes Too Wonderful to Believe? http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307770 -- Lou Pagnucco Daniel Rocha wrote: > He has claims evidence, but do not claim discovery, and asks for > institutions to check it. But nobody listens to him and he still gets > plagiarized in some of his research.... He's a bit frustrated... > [...]
