Simulations to Discovery Small Distortions in the Lattice of An Iron Pnictide (IMAGE)

Rice University

Simulations to Discovery Small Distortions in the Lattice of An Iron Pnictide

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Rice University researchers used experiments and simulations to discovery small distortions in the lattice of an iron pnictide that becomes superconductive at ultracold temperatures. They suspect these distortions introduce pockets of superconductivity in the material above temperatures at which it becomes entirely superconductive.

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Illustration by Weiyi Wang/Rice University

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