Zeroing in on quantum effects: New materials yield clues about high-temperature superconductors
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of U.S. and Chinese physicists
are zeroing in on critical effects at the heart of the latest
high-temperature superconductors -- but they're using other materials to do it.
In new research appearing online today in the journal Physical Review Letters, the Rice University-led
team offers new evidence about the quantum features of the latest class
of high-temperature superconductors, a family of iron-based compounds
called "pnictides" (pronounced: NICK-tides).
...The aim of the research is to better understand the processes that lead to high-temperature superconductivity. If better understood and developed, high-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electric generators, MRI scanners, high-speed trains and other devices...
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