Magnesium becomes a possible superconductor near the 2D limit

Magnesium is a common chemical element, an alkaline earth metal, which is highly chemically reactive and much lighter (even lighter than aluminum). Magnesium is abundant in plants and minerals and plays a role in human physiology and metabolism. In the universe, it is produced by older stars.

In its physical properties, while it is a good conductor of electricity, magnesium is known as superconductor. Superconders are promising materials, especially with the ability to bring revolution in energy transmission, medical imaging and quantum computing, and are defined by their ability to operate electricity without resistance below a certain significant temperature.

Recently, with Turin Polytechnic my colleague Giyavani Umarino, I have started challenging the textbook paradigm that can only have superconductors in the periodic table. In particular, my colleague and I have shown that the incident of quantum imprisonment can convert non-visitors to superconductors. Our research is Published In Condensed substance,

Quantum imprisonment here means that the event in which an electron of a quantum particle, such as an electron, can grow much when it is locally limited, then an effect that is eventually caused by the Hyzenberg uncertainty theory – the greater as much as you interrupt the spatial position of a quantum particle, the greater the energy flows.

In our previous work, my colleague and I have shown that it applies to great metals such as gold, copper and silver, which we predicted to become superconductors when we processed about half a nanometer in thickness.

Now, our calculation estimates that magnesium can also become a superconductor when processed in ultra-thick films of less than 1 nanometer (one-billionth of one meter). The calculation has no adjustable parameters and uses the content of the electronic and forged structure of the material. The major volume that is predicted is the significant temperature on which the material changes due to being a normal metal, and the film is evaluated as a function of thickness.

Surprisingly, in this case, the significant temperature that can be reduced by the magnesium nano-sheets of about half a nanometer thickness can be reached by 10 Calvin. This is an important idea because it means that liquid helium can be used to cool the material to obtain superconductity rather than using too much more expensive cooling technologies.

Indeed, liquid helium cooling techniques can be used up to 4.5 Calvin, so it can enable the cooling of magnesium ultra-skinny sheets to inspect the approximate effect. This prediction, if experimentally confirmed, can fundamentally change the current techniques used for quantum electronics and quantum information and reduce their environmental impact.

It is clear that if you believe that currently classical computing (the fundamental unit of information, fundamental unit of information, the fundamental unit of information, but a superport of the states may be present in a superposition, then it is the most common material, which means that it can represent 0, 1, or both simultaneously) aluminum, which has a significant temperature of 1.6 Calvin, below the fluid.

If our prediction is confirmed, using magnesium instead of aluminum can cause much environmentally durable technologies for quantum computing.

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