{"id":198775,"date":"2024-11-04T07:24:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/quantum-breakthrough-could-propel-superconductors-to-the-next-level"},"modified":"2024-11-04T07:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T13:24:04","slug":"quantum-breakthrough-could-propel-superconductors-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/quantum-breakthrough-could-propel-superconductors-to-the-next-level","title":{"rendered":"Quantum Breakthrough Could Propel Superconductors to the Next Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/quantum-breakthrough-could-propel-superconductors-to-the-next-level.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Physicists at <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/rice-university\/\">Rice University<\/a> and their collaborators have made a discovery that sheds new light on magnetism and electronic interactions in advanced materials, with the potential to transform technologies like quantum computing and high-temperature superconductors.<\/p>\n<p>Led by Zheng Ren and Ming Yi, the research team\u2019s study on iron-tin (FeSn) thin films reshapes scientific understanding of kagome magnets \u2014 materials named after an ancient <a href=\"https:\/\/news.rice.edu\/news\/2022\/interwoven-charge-and-magnetism-intertwine-kagome-material\">basket-weaving pattern<\/a> and structured in a unique, latticelike design that can create unusual magnetic and electronic behaviors due to the quantum destructive interference of the electronic wave function.<\/p>\n<p>The findings, published in <em> <i>Nature Communications<\/i><\/em>, reveal that FeSn\u2019s magnetic properties arise from localized electrons, not the mobile electrons scientists previously thought. This discovery challenges existing theories about magnetism in kagome metals in which itinerant electrons were assumed to drive magnetic behavior. By providing a new perspective on magnetism, the research team\u2019s work could guide the development of materials with tailored properties for advanced tech applications such as quantum computing and superconductors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physicists at Rice University and their collaborators have made a discovery that sheds new light on magnetism and electronic interactions in advanced materials, with the potential to transform technologies like quantum computing and high-temperature superconductors. Led by Zheng Ren and Ming Yi, the research team\u2019s study on iron-tin (FeSn) thin films reshapes scientific understanding of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198775","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\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}