Quantum phase transition underpins superconductivity in copper oxides
Physicists have zoomed in on the transition that could explain why copper-oxides have such impressive superconducting powers.
Physicists have zoomed in on the transition that could explain why copper-oxides have such impressive superconducting powers.
Superconductivity
Feb 22, 2016
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A team led by researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Cornell University has characterized a key arrangement of electrons in a high-temperature superconductor, a material that can ...
Superconductivity
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Determining the origin of high-temperature superconductivity is probably the single most important challenge faced today by solid-state physicists. This despite 30 years of extensive research efforts. High temperature superconductors ...
Superconductivity
Sep 11, 2015
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Scientists seeking to understand the intricacies of high-temperature superconductivity—the ability of certain materials to carry electrical current with no energy loss—have been particularly puzzled by a mysterious phase ...
Superconductivity
May 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Physicists are one step closer to developing the world's first room-temperature superconductor thanks to a new theory from the University of Waterloo, Harvard and Perimeter Institute.
Superconductivity
Mar 20, 2014
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