{"id":176383,"date":"2023-11-20T12:31:55","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/research-reveals-rare-metal-could-offer-revolutionary-switch-for-future-quantum-devices"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:31:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:31:55","slug":"research-reveals-rare-metal-could-offer-revolutionary-switch-for-future-quantum-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/research-reveals-rare-metal-could-offer-revolutionary-switch-for-future-quantum-devices","title":{"rendered":"Research reveals rare metal could offer revolutionary switch for future quantum devices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/research-reveals-rare-metal-could-offer-revolutionary-switch-for-future-quantum-devices2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quantum scientists have discovered a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to creating a \u2018perfect switch\u2019 in quantum devices which flips between being an insulator and a superconductor.<\/p>\n<p>The research, led by the University of Bristol and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.abp8948\">published in <i>Science<\/i><\/a>, found these two opposing electronic states exist within purple bronze, a unique one-dimensional metal composed of individual conducting chains of atoms.<\/p>\n<p>Tiny changes in the material, for instance, prompted by a small stimulus like heat or light, may trigger an instant transition from an insulating state with zero conductivity to a superconductor with unlimited conductivity, and vice versa. This polarized versatility, known as \u201cemergent symmetry,\u201d has the potential to offer an ideal On\/Off switch in future quantum technology developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum scientists have discovered a rare phenomenon that could hold the key to creating a \u2018perfect switch\u2019 in quantum devices which flips between being an insulator and a superconductor. The research, led by the University of Bristol and published in Science, found these two opposing electronic states exist within purple bronze, a unique one-dimensional metal [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-176383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-particle-physics","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176383","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\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176383\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}