High entropy alloys provide discovery platform for new superconductors ANI | Updated: Jan 11, 2021 00:09 IST
Tokyo [Japan], January 11 (ANI): A new research has mixed and designed a new, high entropy alloy (HEA) superconductor, using extensive data on simple superconducting substances with a specific crystal structure. HEAs are known to preserve superconducting characteristics up to extremely high pressures.
According to the researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University, the new superconductor, Co0.2Ni0.1Cu0.1Rh0.3Ir0.3Zr2, has a superconducting transition at 8K, a relatively high temperature for a HEA. The team s approach may be applied to discovering new superconducting materials with specific desirable properties.
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2, has a superconducting transition at 8K, a relatively high temperature for an HEA. The team s approach may be applied to discovering new superconducting materials with specific desirable properties.
It s been over a hundred years since the discovery of
superconductivity, where certain materials were found to suddenly show minimal resistance to electrical currents below a transition temperature. As we explore ways to eliminate power waste, a way to dramatically reduce losses in power transmission is a fascinating prospect. But the widespread use of superconductivity is held back by the demands of existing superconductors, particularly the low temperatures required. Scientists need a way to discover new superconducting materials without brute-force trial and error, and tune key properties.