European and Japanese scientists worked together to shed further insight into the fundamental properties of iron-based superconductors. Research and experimental work open the way for novel electronics devices.
About 100 years ago, a Dutch physicist cooled mercury close to absolute zero, the lowest temperature theoretically achievable. Serendipitously, he discovered that its resistance had disappeared, demonstrating superconductivity for the first time. Since then, numerous superconducting materials, both metallic and oxide, have been discovered and studied, yet the mysteries of superconductivity abound.
Further details: Towards superconducting quantum devices