Superconductivity

News Superconductivity

• Using ultra-low temperatures to understand high-temperature superconductivity
  

  At low temperatures, certain materials lose their electrical resistance and conduct electricity without any loss - this phenomenon of superconductivity has been known since 1911, but it is still not fully understood. And that is a pity, because finding a material that would still have superconductin more

• New mechanism of superconductivity discovered in graphene
  

  Superconductivity is a physical phenomenon where the electrical resistance of a material drops to zero under a certain critical temperature. Bardeen-Cooper-Schrieffer (BCS) theory is a well-established explanation that describes superconductivity in most materials. It states that Cooper pairs of ele more

• Exotic superconductors: The Secret that wasn’t there
  

  A single measurement result is not a proof - this has been shown again and again in science. We can only really rely on a research result when it has been measured several times, preferably by different research teams, in slightly different ways. In this way, errors can usually be detected sooner or 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