superconductors

Understanding the physical nature of the electron pairs that define superconductors is one of the most important problems in condensed matter physics, Lebed said.

Physicist Finds Exotic Superconductivity | Impact Lab 2006

His experiment gave very direct evidence of the existence of the so-called energy gap in superconductors, which was one of the most important predictions of the theory of superconductivity developed by Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer (awarded the Nobel Prize in 1972).

Press Release: The 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics 1973

In 1962 this led to the prediction of completely new phenomena in superconductors and in particular to the effects generally known as the Josephson effects.

Press Release: The 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics 1973

The experiments showed that his conjecture was correct and his tunnelling method soon became the dominating method to study the energy gap in superconductors.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 - Presentation Speech 1992

Last week, in the journal Nature, researchers led by Arthur Hebard of AT&T Bell Labs reported that when bucky balls are spiked with potassium, they carry electricity with no resistance, even at temperatures above where most such "superconductors" work.

Keep Your Eye On The 'Bucky Balls' 2008

But under special circumstances, quantum theory predicts exotic states of matter, such as superconductors in which electrons flow with no resistance and Bose-Einstein condensates in which atoms move as a collective whole.

Seeing dark matter, and other odd science 2006

These "superconductors" had to be very cold, and it took physicists nearly 50 years to come up with an explanation for them: The electron-electron repulsion in these low-temperature superconductors was so weak that with the mediation of lattice vibrations, electrons overcame it, paired up and glided freely without the bumping and heating.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010

These "superconductors" had to be very cold, and it took physicists nearly 50 years to come up with an explanation for them: The electron-electron repulsion in these low-temperature superconductors was so weak that with the mediation of lattice vibrations, electrons overcame it, paired up and glided freely without the bumping and heating.

EurekAlert! - Breaking News 2010

The course, titled "Nanoscience - Physics and Chemistry of Advanced Materials", is jointly run by the Schools of Chemistry and Physics, will offer students a deep understanding of the science of advanced materials, such as superconductors, polymers and lasers found in emerging technologies that underpin nanoscience in total.

Silicon Republic - News 2010

Moreover, Smart Grids will utilize a variety of new materials, such as superconductors, carbon nanotubes, and gallium nitride.

MMD Newswire: Press Release News Wire MMD Newswire 2010