Possible Room Temperature Superconductor Achieved

TechkNighT_1337 sends news that surfaced on the Next Big Future blog, concerning research out of the University of Bengal, in India. The report is of a possible superconducting effect at ambient room temperatures. Here is the paper on the ArXiv. (Note that this research has not been peer-reviewed or published yet.) "We report the observation of an exceptionally large room-temperature electrical conductivity in silver and aluminum layers deposited on a lead zirconate titanate (PZT) substrate. The surface resistance of the silver-coated samples also shows a sharp change near 313 K. The results are strongly suggestive of a superconductive interfacial layer, and have been interpreted in the framework of Bose-Einstein condensation of bipolarons as the suggested mechanism for high-temperature superconductivity in cuprates. ... The fact that the results described above have been obtained from very simply-fabricated systems, without the use of any sophisticated set-up and any special attention being given to crystal purity, atomic perfection, lattice matching, etc. suggests that the physical process is a universal one, involving only an interface between a metal and an insulator with a large low-frequency dielectric constant. We note in passing that PZT and the cuprates have similar (perovskite or perovskite-based) crystal structures. This resemblance may provide an added insight into the basic mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity."

Comments

Of course!

[Anonymous Coward]

After reading the summary, everything is plainly obvious...

(walks away slowly before anyone can notice I didn't understand anything)

I had this sneaky suspicion...

[Anonymous Coward]

it was Bose-Einstein condensation of bipolarons that would allow for room tempurature super conduction.

Room Temperature in UK, maybe not in India?

[billstewart]

313K is 40C. So this stuff ought to behave just fine in the UK, but only part of the year in India :-) Even in temperate climates, you'd have to be careful not to leave it out in the sun, so again it should be fine in the UK...

Re:Room Temperature in UK, maybe not in India?

[JamesP]

Reminds me of that joke about scientists in Anchorage discovering a room-temperature superconductor :P

Re:Someone didn't get the memo

[thestudio_bob]

...not something made of silver.

Well, apparently you don't have to deal with electricity stealing Werewolves. I for one, am glad someone is finally addressing this problem.

Re:...really?

[EmagGeek]

Didn't you just answer your own question?

Re:Wait until it has been repeated.

[vbraga]

Maybe we could just redefine what room temperature is!

Re:Meissner effect?

[GNUALMAFUERTE]

Fucking room temperature superconductors, how do they work?

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