Frictionless supersolid a step closer
Sunday, February 14, 2010 - 12:56
in Physics & Chemistry
Superfluid mixtures of atoms can boil and freeze at ultra-low temperatures - about a billion times lower than room temperature. This freezing can result in the formation of supersolids of atoms that can flow alongside each other without friction, but are still set in a fixed structure, says Dutch researcher Koos Gubbels. His research results are contributing to the understanding of superconductors - materials that might help to resolve the energy problem.