Re:Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is ...
by aidenn0 on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:51PM
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16523268 links to the Nature abstract showing it's critical temperature is under 2 kelvin, so that's low even for cryogenic superconductors.
It's interesting because it's very high temperature given certain properties of the material; if that is confirmed, it may allow greater understanding of superconductivity, which may allow other materials to work at higher temperatures.
Re:Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is ...
by 52-6F-62 on Monday March 05, 2018 @01:58PM
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Damn! But any movement is promising. Thanks
Re:Insulator or superconductor? Physicists find graphene is ...
by IntronExon on Monday March 05, 2018 @07:22PM
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If that’s what floats your boat (sorry) then you might want to look into topological superconductors, which I think might be the way to go. The whole field of topological materials is new enough to hide something surprising and promising.
Does this move the needle closer to being able to make the Meissner effect applicable in practical engineering?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect