Cocktail achieves superconducting boost: High-performance material uses iron and selenium
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 08:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists describe how they have synthesized a new material that belongs to the iron-selenide class of superconductors, called LixFe2Se2(NH3)y. This material displays promising superconducting transition temperatures of 44 Kelvins (K) at ambient pressure, thus improving upon traditional copper-based high-temperature superconductors.