Mar 29, 2023
Room-temperature superconductors could revolutionize electronics — an electrical engineer explains the materials’ potential
Posted by Kelvin Dafiaghor in categories: computing, nuclear energy
Superconductors make highly efficient electronics, but the ultralow temperatures and ultrahigh pressures required to make them work are costly and difficult to implement. Room-temperature superconductors promise to change that.
The recent announcement by researchers at the University of Rochester of a new material that is a superconductor at room temperature, albeit at high pressure, is an exciting development – if proved. If the material or one like it works reliably and can be economically mass-produced, it could revolutionize electronics.