Single Crystals of Nickel-Doped Compounds of Sodium, Iron and Arsenic (IMAGE)

Rice University

Single Crystals of Nickel-Doped Compounds of Sodium, Iron and Arsenic

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These single crystals of nickel-doped compounds of sodium, iron and arsenic are like those used by Rice University researchers in experiments to determine the material's superconductive properties at ultracold temperatures. They used simulations and precise neutron scattering experiments to show the presence of tiny lattice distortions near the optimal superconductivity of an iron pnictide compound.

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