New Superconductor Developed at Brookhaven Lab

[Redbelly98]

A new superconductor has been developed at Brookhaven National Laboratory:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081008/sc_nm/us_superconductor_2

The superconductor is at the junction between two non-superconducting materials, is about 1 nm thick, and has a transition temperature of 50K.

 

[Sakha]

I like that..
They didn't mentioned the materials right?
I'm sure they will soon find a superconductor usable at room temperatures.

 

[granpa]

I heard a long time ago that molecule size wires will superconduct. maybe its just the same thing.

 

[ZapperZ]

There's more info at the bnl webpage

http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/PR_display.asp?prID=822&template=Today

Zz.

 

[Redbelly98]

Here is the abstract of their Nature article

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v455/n7214/full/nature07293.html

The materials are an insulator (La₂CuO₄) and a metal (La_1.55Sr_0.45CuO₄)

I heard a long time ago that molecule size wires will superconduct. maybe its just the same thing.

This looks like something different and new.