Structural versus Driven Quantum Coherence: A Proposed 'Signal-Worker' Framework for Ambient Superconductivity

The pursuit of ambient superconductivity is hampered by a fundamental trade-off between active, energy-intensive control and passive, structural stability. Current literature lacks a unified framework that connects the thermodynamic costs of information, substrate complexity, and the disparate mechanisms of high-Tc superconductivity. This paper proposes a ‘Signal-Worker’ ontology to unify biological quantum transport and solid-state physics through a novel analytical framework. Our analysis suggests that passive ‘phononic scaffolds’ can theoretically achieve higher thermodynamic efficiencies than active Floquet engineering by leveraging structural complexity. We hypothesize a quantitative relationship between a substrate’s structural complexity and its capacity to sustain macroscopic quantum coherence. The Signal-Worker model is shown to be a versatile language for recasting proximity effects, moiré engineering, and chiral instabilities as variations of the same underlying architectural principles. These findings outline a new design paradigm for engineering room-temperature quantum materials by translating principles of biological efficiency into solid-state substrates.