Electron orbitals may hold key to unifying concept of high-temperature superconductivity
Thursday, July 6, 2017 - 13:02
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of scientists has found evidence for a new type of electron pairing that may broaden the search for new high-temperature superconductors. The findings, described in the journal Science, provide the basis for a unifying description of how radically different "parent" materials—insulating copper-based compounds and metallic iron-based compounds—can develop the ability to carry electrical current with no resistance at strikingly high temperatures.