Engineering Transformation at the Industrial–Quantum Interface: Opportunities for Topological Superconductive Materials in Oil, Gas, and Chemical Systems
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https://doi.org/10.62486/978-9915-9851-0-7_202641Keywords:
Topological superconductors, Majorana fermions, quantum computation, spin–orbit coupling, unconventional pairing, topological orderAbstract
The oil, gas, and chemical sectors are experiencing a fast technological change that is mainly influenced by the increasing operational complexity, the strict environmental requirements, and the rising demand for high-precision, data-centric engineering solutions. At the same time, significant advances in condensed-matter physics, in particular, the identification and characterization of topological superconductive materials, are leading to quantum technologies that, in the future, may have extraordinary computational power, sensing accuracy, and security. Topological superconductors, which essentially incorporate superconductivity with nontrivial topological order to yield exotic quasiparticles like Majorana fermions, are among the most intriguing quantum materials to be considered. Hence, these materials that interconnect quantum computation with condensed matter physics, form a quantum information processing platform that is compatible with fault-tolerance. If one assumes spin–orbit coupling, time-reversal symmetry, and unconventional pairing as the basic ideas, topological superconductivity can be discovered in an extremely wide variety of systems such can one as heavy-fermion metals, non-centrosymmetric compounds, engineered heterostructures, and topological insulators. The comprehension of topological phases and protected surface states has also been facilitated by theoretical contributions of Kane, Qi, Zhang, and other researchers.
Meanwhile, experimental work on materials such as Cu-doped Bi₂Se₃, Sr₂RuO₄, and UTe₂ has produced strong evidence of unconventional pairing and symmetry breaking. The versatility of topological superconductivity is further demonstrated by ongoing studies in Dirac and Weyl semimetals, superconducting carbides, and hybrid nanowires.This paper examines the theoretical foundations, material realizations, and potential quantum applications of topological superconductors.
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