The Dome of the Church (IMAGE)

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

The Dome of the Church

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The dome of this church is coated in a thin layer of titanium nitride. The same material is used to coat cutting tools, and if cooled strongly, titanium nitride film can be converted into a pseudogapped superconductor.

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Photograph courtesy of Panther / Wikimedia

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