{"id":"doi:10.5281/zenodo.18506198","kind":"article","title":"A realistic pathway toward an ambient-pressure, room-temperature superconductor: design, theory, and experimentally-tractable synthesis of a \"moiré-clathrate\" hydrogen-rich heterostructure","authors":["Giustino Travaglini"],"author_count":1,"year":2026,"published":"2026-02-06","venue":"Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)","cited_by":0,"doi":"10.5281/zenodo.18506198","arxiv_id":null,"nct_id":null,"source_url":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18506198","archive_url":"https://space-kitty.com/papers/doi:10.5281/zenodo.18506198","updated":null,"pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"openalex_id":"W7127909143","pdf_url":null,"abstract":"I propose a physically realistic, experimentally tractable material architecture that—by combining three independently validated strategies from recent literature—could plausibly host superconductivity at or near room temperature (≈300 K) at ambient pressure. The architecture (which I call a moiré-clathrate heterostructure) integrates (1) flat-band, strongly correlated physics produced by moiré engineering of two-dimensional layers (twisted bilayer graphene and related moiré systems), (2) hydrogen-derived, high-frequency phonon modes and strong electron-phonon coupling localized in nanoscale hydrogen-rich clathrate units (chemical precompression / superhydride concepts), and (3) controlled charge transfer / chemical precompression from adjacent oxide/rare-earth layers (nickelate / oxide reservoir layers) to tune carrier density and stabilize hydrogen units at low pressure. I lay out the theoretical motivation, a concrete materials recipe using current synthesis tools (CVD, van-der-Waals stacking, MBE, electrochemical intercalation, and clathrate encapsulation routes), measurable experimental signatures, and ab-initio modeling steps required to evaluate feasibility. The proposal builds on high-Tc hydride results, moiré superconductivity, and clathrate hydride chemistry; it highlights critical technical challenges (hydrogen stabilization at ambient pressure, controlled hybridization, disorder management) and offers mitigation strategies. This document is intended as a practical research roadmap rather than a claim of immediate success.","abstract_license":"CC-BY (publisher license, via OpenAlex)","license":"cc-by","is_open_access":true,"retracted":false,"peer_reviewed":null,"categories":["High-pressure geophysics and materials"],"details":null,"provenance":"openalex","attribution":"Abstract of \"A realistic pathway toward an ambient-pressure, room-temperature superconductor: design, theory, and experimentally-tractable synthesis of a \"moiré-clathrate\" hydrogen-rich heterostructure\" by Giustino Travaglini, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18506198, used under its Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY); markup removed, otherwise unmodified.","topics":[{"slug":"room-temperature-claims","name":"Room-Temperature Superconductivity Claims & Replication","domain_slug":"superconductivity"}],"cited_in_dossiers":[]}