{"id":206112,"date":"2025-02-11T07:12:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/theoretical-analysis-broadens-the-search-for-topological-superconductivity"},"modified":"2025-02-11T07:12:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T13:12:28","slug":"theoretical-analysis-broadens-the-search-for-topological-superconductivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/theoretical-analysis-broadens-the-search-for-topological-superconductivity","title":{"rendered":"Theoretical analysis broadens the search for topological superconductivity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/theoretical-analysis-broadens-the-search-for-topological-superconductivity2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Exotic superconducting states could exist in a wider range of materials than previously thought, according to a theoretical study by two RIKEN researchers <a href=\"https:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.110.L100508\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> in Physical Review B.<\/p>\n<p>Superconductors conduct electricity without any resistance when cooled below a <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/critical+temperature\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">critical temperature<\/a> that is specific to the <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/superconducting+material\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">superconducting material<\/a>. They are broadly classified into two types: conventional superconductors whose superconducting mechanism is well understood, and <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/unconventional+superconductors\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">unconventional superconductors<\/a> whose mechanism has yet to be fully determined.<\/p>\n<p>Superconductors have intrigued scientists since their first experimental demonstration at the beginning of the 20th century. This is not just because they have numerous applications, including great promise for <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/quantum+computing\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">quantum computing<\/a>, but also because superconductors host a rich range of fundamental physics that has allowed physicists to gain a deeper understanding of material science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exotic superconducting states could exist in a wider range of materials than previously thought, according to a theoretical study by two RIKEN researchers published in Physical Review B. Superconductors conduct electricity without any resistance when cooled below a critical temperature that is specific to the superconducting material. They are broadly classified into two types: conventional [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206112","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\/206112","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\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}