Study for room-temperature centimeter-sized ballistic transport alloys

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Ni-Nb-Zr-H glassy alloys with Ni-centered icosahedral Ni_5Zr_5Nb_3 clusters showed centimeter-sized ballistic transport behaviors of 4-fold larger than that of Ag, in low temperature regions up to 223 K, according to increase in degree of amorphousness. Although application of pressure of -8 GPa did not enhance conductivity of the glassy alloys, but changed its sign from negative to positive at 22-25 K. The transport mechanism could be excluded by tunneling of one electron among clusters.