Surprising electronic disorder in a copper oxide-based ceramic
Tuesday, January 29, 2019 - 07:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Cuprates, a class of copper-oxide ceramics that share a common building block of copper and oxygen atoms in a flat square lattice, have been studied for their ability to be superconducting at relatively high temperatures. In their pristine state, however, they are a special kind of insulator (a material that does not readily conduct electricity) known as a Mott insulator.