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Screen Reader Text Test 1: The science of superconductors
Screen Reader Text Test 2: Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning details the history and science of superconductors.
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To download a pdf of this article, visit cenm.ag/superconductors.
References used to create this graphic:
Bhattacharya, Mishkat. “How Do Superconductors Work? A Physicist Explains What It Means to Have Resistance-Free Electricity.” Conversation, March 24, 2023.
Durrani, Jamie. “Room Temperature Superconductivity Is Now within Touching Distance—but It Won’t Change the World Yet.” Chemistry World, Sept. 28, 2020.
Du, Zengyi, Hui Li, Sang Hyun Joo, Elizabeth P. Donoway, Jinho Lee, J. C. Séamus Davis, Genda Gu, Peter D. Johnson, and Kazuhiro Fujita. “Imaging the Energy Gap Modulations of the Cuprate Pair-Density-Wave State.” Nature (2020). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2143-x.
Siegel, Ethan. “How Close Are We to the Holy Grail of Room-Temperature Superconductors?” Forbes, July 7, 2021.
A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest
To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.
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