Research could enable next generation of superconductors
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An innovative way to manipulate superconducting materials has been developed by researchers at Tel Aviv University, which could enable the next generation of efficient power production.
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By manipulating different types of light, including UV and visible light, the researchers claim to be able to alter the critical temperature at which a material becomes superconducting.
The team put a thin layer, one organic molecule thick, atop a superconducting film, approximately 50nm thick. When a light was shined on these molecules, they stretched and changed shape, altering the properties of the superconducting film and altering the critical temperature at which the material acted as a superconductor.
The team says that the significance of this finding is that instead of changing the temperature of the material itself, a more complicated process, the material can remain at the same temperature when the film is altered.
One of the potential future applications might be a 'non dissipated memory,' which would be able to save data and run continuously without generating heat and wasting energy.