MSCD Framework A Novel Computational Design Software for High-Temperature Superconductors*

Computational materials design of high Tc superconductors is an emerging field with few reported successes. Present approaches utilize DFT, DMFT and machine language data-mining techniques. We have developed a new approach, strongly based on Periodic Table correlations of high temperature superconductors. This new design model treats superconductors as “superatoms” hence “layered elements”. It utilizes parameters such as electronegativity, valence electrons, atomic number, valence state, layers, and ionic radii and relates them to the superconducting state and the periodicity of the elements. We will present the details of this novel powerful software with predictive power for designing HTSCs and their transition temperatures, Tc, without too much computation.