LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery (original) (raw)
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- 16 August 2023
Efforts to replicate the material have pieced together the puzzle of why it displayed superconducting-like behaviours.
- Dan Garisto
Researchers seem to have solved the puzzle of LK-99. Scientific detective work has unearthed evidence that the material is not a superconductor, and clarified its actual properties.
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Nature 620, 705-706 (2023)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02585-7
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