Superconductivity

News Superconductivity

• Superconductors with ‘zeitgeist’ – when materials differentiate between the past and the future
  

  Physicists at TU Dresden have discovered spontaneous static magnetic fields with broken time-reversal symmetry in a class of iron-based superconductors. This exceptional property calls for new theoretical models and may become important in quantum computing. What happened yesterday and what will ha more

• The Higgs boson and superconductivity
  

  Without the Higgs mechanism, particles would have no mass. The Higgs boson, which was discovered in 2012, is therefore also referred to as the “God particle”. It arises as an oscillating excitation of the Higgs field, which penetrates the world. Superconductivity displays similar properties. Their q more

• Superconductivity: It’s Hydrogen’s Fault
  

  Nickel is supposed to herald a new age of superconductivity – but this is proving more difficult than expected. Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) can now explain why. Last summer, a new age for high-temperature superconductivity was proclaimed - the nickel age. It was discovered that there are promisin more

Videos Superconductivity

Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip

Andy takes a closer look at one of his favourite demos from the 2012 Christmas Lectures, bringing together a levitating superconductor and a bewildering Möbius strip made from over 2,000 magnets. more

Origin of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Copper-Oxide Compound

Brookhaven Lab physicist Ivan Bozovic explains why a copper-oxide compound can conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures well above those required by conventional superconductors. more

Publications Superconductivity

• Pressure induced the evolution of structures and properties for iron tetraboride

  Iron tetraboride (FeB4) are attracting increasing attention due to their attractive electronic and mechanical properties (e.g., superconductivity and superhard). Using particle swarm optimization (PSO) combined with first-principles calculations, we systemically studied the structural phase and prop more

• Retrospective of Charles Pence Slichter (NAS 1967) [Retrospectives]

  Charles Pence Slichter died on February 19 of this year at the age of 94. Charlie, as he was known to his friends, was one of the giants of postwar physics, a pioneer of electron and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and a renowned expert on superconductivity, a remarkably influential educator, and more

• Superconductivity in two-dimensional phosphorus carbide ([small beta]0-PC)

  Two-dimensional (2D) boron has been predicted to show superconductivity. However, intrinsic 2D carbon and phosphorus have not been reported to be superconductors, which has inspired us to study the superconductivity of their mixture. Here we performed first-principles calculations for the electronic more