Superconductivity is a quantum state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero and the expulsion of ...

Researchers have systematically charted a superconducting dome in thin films of strontium-doped lanthanum nickelate, ...

Phase transitions in different states of matter, such as the condensation of gases into liquids or the transition from a normal metal to a superconducting state, can be described using Ginzburg-Landau ...

Physicists have demonstrated that a slab of hexagonal boron nitride, acting as a built-in infrared light cavity, can suppress superconductivity in an adjacent organic material without any external ...

Princeton physicists have discovered an abrupt change in quantum behavior while experimenting with a three-atom-thin insulator that can be easily switched into a superconductor. The research promises ...

A team of Princeton University physicists led by (from left) Professor Sanfeng Wu, Professor Nai Phuan Ong, and Dicke Fellow Tiancheng Song, are authors of a new study challenging the conventional ...

Why do some changes in nature unfold gradually, while others occur in the blink of an eye? Rust forming on metal is a slow, steady process that takes days or even weeks to become visible. By contrast, ...

Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a novel superconducting material by synthesizing a new transition metal zirconide with varying iron-to-nickel ratios. The study was ...

Now researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to use terahertz light to watch a superconductor move in a new way. The work, led by MIT physicist Nuh Gedik and MIT ...

The importance of disorder in physics is only matched by the difficulty to study it. For example, the remarkable properties of high-temperature superconductors are greatly affected by variations in ...