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The pseudogap persists as material superconducts
Jan 27, 2009 |
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For nearly a century, scientists have been trying to unravel the many mysteries of superconductivity, where materials conduct electricity with zero resistance.
Two-Dimensional Fluctuating Superconductivity
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Scientists at Brookhaven Lab have discovered a state of two-dimensional (2D) fluctuating superconductivity in a high-temperature superconductor with a particular arrangement of electrical charges known as "stripes."
Breakthrough experiment on high-temperature superconductors
Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New information about the metallic state from which high temperature superconductivity emerges, has been revealed in an innovative experiment performed at the University of Bristol.
Closing the 'Pseudogap' on Superconductivity
Mar 13, 2008 |
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One of the biggest mysteries in studying high-temperature (Tc) superconductors - materials that conduct electrical current with no resistance below a certain transition temperature - is the origin of a gap in the energy level ...
Superconductivity: Which one of these is not like the other?
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Superconductivity appears to rely on very different mechanisms in two varieties of iron-based superconductors. The insight comes from research groups that are making bold statements about the correct description ...
Scientists prove unconventional superconductivity in new iron arsenide compounds
Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory used inelastic neutron scattering to show that superconductivity in a new family of iron arsenide superconductors cannot ...
Physicists shed light on key superconductivity riddle
Jul 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT physicists believe they have identified a mysterious state of matter that has been linked to the phenomenon of high-temperature superconductivity.
Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer
Oct 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified a single layer ...
Scientists See New Mechanism for Superconductivity
Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers have posited an explanation for superconductivity that may open the door to the discovery of new, unconventional forms of superconductivity.
Secrets behind high temperature superconductors revealed
Feb 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) have found evidence that magnetism is involved in the mechanism behind high temperature superconductivity.
New research sheds light on shimmering superconductivity and the courtship of electrons
Oct 04, 2007 |
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In their normal state, electrons repel each other because of their charge, but in the state of superconductivity, electrons pair up. John Schlueter, a chemist from the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National ...
Research reveals hidden magnetism in superconductivity
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Mar 07, 2006 |
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While studying a compound made of the elements cerium- rhodium-indium, researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have discovered that a magnetic state can coexist with ...
Magnetism and Superconductivity Observed to Exist in Harmony
Aug 28, 2008 |
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(Physorg.com) -- Physicists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, along with colleagues at institutions in Switzerland and Canada, have observed, for the first time in a single exotic phase, a situation where magnetism and superconductivity ...
Superconductivity can induce magnetism
Sep 11, 2008 |
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When an electrical current passes through a wire it emanates heat - a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low temperatures, violate this law and carry current without any heat ...
New theory for latest high-temperature superconductors
Aug 13, 2008 |
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Physicists from Rice and Rutgers universities have published a new theory that explains some of the complex electronic and magnetic properties of iron "pnictides." In a series of startling discoveries this spring, pnictides ...
