Bi-2212

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65 years of the BCS theory

Jul 31, 2022 5 min read

Thanks to an arithmetic mistake, I thought 2022 was the 75th anniversary of the invention (or discovery?) of the BCS theory of superconductivity. It's really the 65th anniversary, but since I'…

At last, physicists report finding the 'fourth sign' of superconductivity

Apr 13, 2022 5 min read

Scicomm ARPES BCS theory Bi-2212 BSCCO conventional superconductor cuprate superconductor high-temperature superconductor Meissner effect photoemission spectroscopy specific heat coefficient Stanford University

Using an advanced investigative technique, researchers at Stanford University have found that cuprate superconductors – which become superconducting at higher temperatures than their better-known conv…