Superconductivity by quantum tunneling?

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We have some material with metal atoms inserted in substrate.Maybe by dopping.
Electric current is able to move only be quantum tunneling jumping from atom to atom.
Could we obtain superconductor in this way?
 
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No. Classic superconductivity requires long-range order and cooperation between electrons in a pair, as mediated by phonons. Look up the BCS Theory.
 
What exactly will happen to quantum tunneling conductivity?
What properties would it have?
 
The most common example of electron tunneling isn't between occasional isolated atoms, but between two metals separated by a thin insulating layer. A grasp of quantum mechanics is needed to understand the effect. Suggest you pick up an elementary QM text (the old one by E. Anderson is good, otherwise Griffiths is the current standard) and start there.
 
Insights auto threads is broken atm, so I'm manually creating these for new Insight articles. Towards the end of the first lecture for the Qiskit Global Summer School 2025, Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Olivia Lanes (Global Lead, Content and Education IBM) stated... Source: https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/quantum-entanglement-is-a-kinematic-fact-not-a-dynamical-effect/ by @RUTA
If we release an electron around a positively charged sphere, the initial state of electron is a linear combination of Hydrogen-like states. According to quantum mechanics, evolution of time would not change this initial state because the potential is time independent. However, classically we expect the electron to collide with the sphere. So, it seems that the quantum and classics predict different behaviours!
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