Van Hove Singularity News Today

In a recent study, a group of Japanese scientists from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, examined the effects of high-density Ca introduction to C6CaC6 experimentally to increase superconductivity in Graphene.

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. They have applications in several fields, including magnetic resonance imaging, particle accelerators, electric power, and quantum computing. However, their widespread use is limited by the need for extremely low temperatures.

Physicists have discovered the “secret sauce” behind some of the exotic properties of a new quantum material that has transfixed physicists due to those properties, which include superconductivity. The new work on a superconducting kagome metal will aid design of other unusual quantum materials, with many potential applications.