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Hydrocarbon superconductor created

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Okayama University in Japan have discovered that the hydrocarbon picene can be made to superconduct when potassium atoms are interspersed with the picene crystals ...

Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg

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Researchers discovers how strain at grain boundaries suppresses high-temperature superconductivity

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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a reduction in mechanical strain at the boundaries of crystal grains can significantly improve the ...

Wed 17 Jun 09 from PhysOrg

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Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified ...

Thu 29 Oct 09 from PhysOrg

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