Superconductivity and Chemical Bonding in Mercury

Shuiquan Deng; Arndt Simon; Jürgen Köhler

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<640::AID-ANIE640>3.0.CO;2-G

Superconductivity and Chemical Bonding in Mercury

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 1998 Mar 16;37(5):640-643. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<640::AID-ANIE640>3.0.CO;2-G.

Authors

Shuiquan Deng¹, Arndt Simon¹, Jürgen Köhler¹

Affiliation

¹ Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, D-70569 Stuttgart (Germany), Fax: (+49) 711-689-1091.

PMID: 29711074
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(19980316)37:5<640::AID-ANIE640>3.0.CO;2-G

Abstract

Band structure and Fermi surface calculations were performed for the metal mercury, for which superconductivity was discovered 87 years ago. The electronic properties of mercury were analyzed to find the origin of singlet electron pair formation and condensation which leads to superconductivity.

Keywords: Ab initio calculations; Bond theory; Extended Hückel calculations; Mercury; Superconductors.