Unlocking the secrets of superconductors: New insights into key structure-property connections in cuprates

Unlocking the secrets of superconductors: New insights into key structure-property connections in cuprates



When superconductors were discovered in 1911, they surprised researchers with the ability to operate power without resistance. However, they could do this only at a temperature close to full zero. But in 1986, scientists found that cuprats (a square of copper oxide) were supercondruct on relatively hot -225 ° F (above liquid nitrogen) -step towards the final target of a superconductor that can work close to room temperature .