Superconducting chips to become reality
Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 09:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Most chemical elements become superconducting at low temperatures or high pressures, but until now, copper, silver, gold, and the semiconductor germanium, for example, have all refused superconductivity. Scientists at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (FZD) research centre were now able to produce superconducting germanium for the first time. Furthermore, they could unravel a few of the mysteries which come along with superconducting semiconductors. Their findings are published - marked as editor's choice - in the recent issue of 'Physical Review Letters'...