Superconductor advance could unlock ultra-energy-efficient electronics (IMAGE)
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The conceptual image shows how the researchers’ sculpted pattern of tiny hills and valleys – smaller than one millionth of a hair’s thickness – on the substrate (MgO, at the bottom) guides how the atoms in the superconducting material (YBCO, on top) settle. At the interface between the two layers, an electronic landscape allows superconductivity to occur at higher temperatures than previously possible – even when high magnetic fields are applied.
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Credit: Chalmers University of Technology / Riccardo Arpaia
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