Superconductivity trained to promote magnetization
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 05:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Under certain conditions, superconductivity, which is basically incompatible with magnetism, can promote magnetization. Russian scientist Natalya Pugach from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics at the Lomonosov Moscow State University discovered this still unexplained effect with her British colleagues, whose theory group was headed by Professor Matthias Eschrig. They suggest that techniques based on this effect can move us closer to future supercomputers—spintronic devices. Their study was published in Nature Physics.