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High-temperature superconductivity

The widely held notion that high-temperature superconductivity originates in the cuprate-planes is proven to be faulty. In the cuprates such as YBa2Cu3O7, we argue that the superconductivity resides in the BaO layers. This superconductivity is s-wave, not d-wave, in the bulk. The trio of ruthenate compounds, doped Sr2YRuO6, GdSr2Cu2RuO8, and Gd2-zCe zSr2Cu2RuO10 all superconduct in their SrO layers, which is why they have almost the same ~49 K onset temperatures for superconductivity.


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