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.