{"id":166349,"date":"2023-06-24T22:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-06-25T03:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/mits-nematic-leap-physicists-discover-a-new-switch-for-superconductivity"},"modified":"2023-06-24T22:23:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T03:23:05","slug":"mits-nematic-leap-physicists-discover-a-new-switch-for-superconductivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/mits-nematic-leap-physicists-discover-a-new-switch-for-superconductivity","title":{"rendered":"MIT\u2019s Nematic Leap: Physicists Discover a New Switch for Superconductivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/mits-nematic-leap-physicists-discover-a-new-switch-for-superconductivity2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MIT researchers have found a new mechanism by which the superconductor iron selenide transitions into a superconducting state. Unlike other iron-based superconductors, iron selenide\u2019s transition involves a collective shift in atoms\u2019 orbital energy, not atomic spins. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for discovering unconventional superconductors.<\/p>\n<p>Under certain conditions \u2014 usually exceedingly cold ones \u2014 some materials shift their structure to unlock new, superconducting behavior. This structural shift is known as a \u201cnematic transition,\u201d and physicists suspect that it offers a new way to drive materials into a superconducting state where electrons can flow entirely friction-free.<\/p>\n<p>But what exactly drives this transition in the first place? The answer could help scientists improve existing superconductors and discover new ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT researchers have found a new mechanism by which the superconductor iron selenide transitions into a superconducting state. Unlike other iron-based superconductors, iron selenide\u2019s transition involves a collective shift in atoms\u2019 orbital energy, not atomic spins. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities for discovering unconventional superconductors. Under certain conditions \u2014 usually exceedingly cold ones \u2014 [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1635,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-materials","category-particle-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166349"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166349\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}