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June 07, 2013

Resistivity switch is window to role of magnetism in iron-based superconductors
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 07, 2013
Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have discovered surprising changes in electrical resistivity in iron-based superconductors. The findings, reported in Nature Communications, offer further evidence that magnetism and superconductivity are closely related in this class of novel superconductors. "We found that the directions of smallest and largest resistivity within the conducting layers are significantly dependent on the composition of the compounds, and in some composi ... read more

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