Discovery of superconductivity in quasicrystal

Superconductivity is evidenced in crystals and amorphous solids, but remains to be discovered in quasicrystals. Here, Kamiya et al. report the emergence of bulk superconductivity in Al-Zn-Mg quasicrystal at a very low transition temperature about 0.05 K.

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Main Authors: K. Kamiya, T. Takeuchi, N. Kabeya, N. Wada, T. Ishimasa, A. Ochiai, K. Deguchi, K. Imura, N. K. Sato
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/2c9ee0d969834270a265081cd8affbe7
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