Discovery of superconductivity in quasicrystal

K. Kamiya; T. Takeuchi; N. Kabeya; N. Wada; T. Ishimasa; A. Ochiai; K. Deguchi; K. Imura; N. K. Sato

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02667-x

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Discovery of superconductivity in quasicrystal

K. Kamiya,
T. Takeuchi,
N. Kabeya,
N. Wada,
T. Ishimasa,
A. Ochiai,
K. Deguchi,
K. Imura,
N. K. Sato

Affiliations

K. Kamiya: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
T. Takeuchi: Toyota Technological Institute
N. Kabeya: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
N. Wada: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
T. Ishimasa: Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute
A. Ochiai: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
K. Deguchi: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
K. Imura: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
N. K. Sato: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02667-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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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.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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