Physicists coax superconductivity and more from quasicrystals(phys.org)

24 points by pseudolus 3 years ago | 3 comments

Physicists coax superconductivity and more from quasicrystals(phys.org)

47 points by wglb 3 years ago | 5 comments

Some remarks on possible superconductivity of composition Pb9CuP6O25(arxiv.org)

168 points by rsfern 3 years ago | 74 comments

Atomically precise mechanosynthesis of carbon structures on hydrogenated Silicon(arxiv.org)

47 points by gene-h 5 months ago | 7 comments

Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor LK-99 preprint revision 2(arxiv.org)

444 points by lnyan 3 years ago | 268 comments

arXiv preprint (v2) by Lee et al. claiming LK-99, a copper-doped lead apatite, is a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor showing levitation.

Electronic Structure of LK-99(arxiv.org)

497 points by spekcular 3 years ago | 373 comments

arXiv preprint presenting DFT calculations of the electronic structure of the putative room-temperature superconductor LK-99 (Pb9Cu(PO4)6O), finding flat Cu bands at the Fermi level.