{"id":182325,"date":"2024-02-09T01:24:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T07:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/combining-materials-may-support-unique-superconductivity-for-quantum-computing"},"modified":"2024-02-09T01:24:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T07:24:28","slug":"combining-materials-may-support-unique-superconductivity-for-quantum-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/combining-materials-may-support-unique-superconductivity-for-quantum-computing","title":{"rendered":"Combining materials may support unique superconductivity for quantum computing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/combining-materials-may-support-unique-superconductivity-for-quantum-computing2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new fusion of materials, each with special electrical properties, has all the components required for a unique type of superconductivity that could provide the basis for more robust quantum computing. The new combination of materials, created by a team led by researchers at Penn State, could also provide a platform to explore physical behaviors similar to those of mysterious, theoretical particles known as chiral Majoranas, which could be another promising component for quantum computing.<\/p>\n<p>The new study appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.adk1270\">the journal <i>Science<\/i><\/a>. The work describes how the researchers combined the two magnetic materials in what they called a critical step toward realizing the emergent interfacial <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/superconductivity\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">superconductivity<\/a>, which they are currently working toward.<\/p>\n<p>Superconductors\u2014materials with no <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/electrical+resistance\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electrical resistance <\/a>\u2014are widely used in digital circuits, the powerful magnets in <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/magnetic+resonance\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">magnetic resonance<\/a> imaging (MRI) and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/particle+accelerators\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">particle accelerators<\/a>, and other technology where maximizing the flow of electricity is crucial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new fusion of materials, each with special electrical properties, has all the components required for a unique type of superconductivity that could provide the basis for more robust quantum computing. The new combination of materials, created by a team led by researchers at Penn State, could also provide a platform to explore physical behaviors [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":367,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182325","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\/367"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182325\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}