A new piece in the high-temperature superconductivity puzzle: 'Dressing' in superconductors
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
The physical mechanism that generates superconductivity in materials at high critical temperature (like cuprates, which appear to be among the most promising materials for technological applications) remains a mystery. So far, experimental observations haven’t clarified if the phenomenon at work in conventional superconductors – at low critical temperature – and involving the “dressing” concept (as physicists call it) can also be seen in cuprates, but one study suggests that this might be the case.