Finding gives scientists a new group of materials to explore
to unlock secrets of some materials' ability to carry current with no energy
loss
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's
(DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, Columbia Engineering, Columbia Physics
and Kyoto University has discovered an unusual form of electronic order in a
new family of unconventional superconductors. The finding, described in the
journal Nature Communications, establishes an unexpected connection between
this new group of titanium-oxypnictide superconductors and the more familiar
cuprates and iron-pnictides, providing scientists with a whole new family of
materials from which they can gain deeper insights into the mysteries of
high-temperature superconductivity.