Unconventional superconductors form one of the big mysteries in physics. Among them is strontium ruthenate, which stands out as a controversial superconductor. During his Ph.D., Leiden physicist Kaveh Lahabi has provided ...
Superconductivity
Dec 21, 2018
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An ANU advance provides never-before-achieved 'snapshot' of Bose-Einstein condensation.
Quantum Physics
Dec 18, 2018
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High-temperature superconductors have the potential to transform everything from electricity transmission and power generation to transportation.
Superconductivity
Dec 7, 2018
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Solar cells with efficiencies above 20% and produced at low costs – perovskites make this possible. Now, researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have gained fundamental insight into the function of perovskite ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 25, 2018
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When you plug in an appliance or flip on a light switch, electricity seems to flow instantly through wires in the wall. But in fact, the electricity is carried by tiny particles called electrons that slowly drift through ...
Superconductivity
Apr 7, 2018
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While there is a growing market for organic solar cells—they contain materials that are cheaper, more abundant, and more environmentally friendly than those used in typical solar panels - they also tend to be less efficient ...
General Physics
Jan 24, 2018
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Scientists of RUDN University and their Russian colleagues have developed a new approach to the synthesis of benzofurans from cheap raw materials. Original furans can be produced from wastes of agriculture and woodworking ...
Materials Science
Nov 15, 2017
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RUDN chemists and their colleagues have developed an innovative method of crystallisation to produce a new complex mercuric compound with hybrid organic and inorganic ligands and a highly unusual structure. Compounds such ...
Materials Science
Sep 28, 2017
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Deep within solids, individual electrons zip around on a nanoscale highway paved with atoms. For the most part, these electrons avoid one another, kept in separate lanes by their mutual repulsion. But vibrations in the atomic ...
Superconductivity
Jun 26, 2017
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In the eternal search for next generation high-efficiency solar cells and LEDs, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory and their partners are creating innovative 2D layered hybrid perovskites that allow greater freedom ...
Materials Science
Mar 9, 2017
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