Polymers that can conduct electricity have been known for some time, but they have defied attempts to make them into superconductors. The answer, it turns out, is to inject them with charge — but how does it work?
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Jérome , D., Bechgaard , K. Superconducting plastic. Nature 410, 162–163 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065781
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