Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231108115026.htm

Now, physicists at MIT have successfully trapped electrons in a pure crystal. It is the first time that scientists have achieved an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional material.
With some chemical manipulation, the researchers also showed they could transform the crystal into a superconductor
-- a material that conducts electricity with zero resistance.

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On Friday, November 10, 2023 at 4:19:08 PM UTC+11, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Physicists trap electrons in a 3D crystal https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/11/231108115026.htm

Now, physicists at MIT have successfully trapped electrons in a pure crystal.
It is the first time that scientists have achieved an electronic flat band in a three-dimensional material.
With some chemical manipulation, the researchers also showed they could transform the crystal into a superconductor
-- a material that conducts electricity with zero resistance.

They claimed that they could. but they don't seem to have demonstrated actual superconductivity.

University public relations departments are prone to talk about superconductivity long before anybody has got all that close.

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Bill Sloman, Sydney

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