Georg Bednorz, together with Karl Alexander Müller, discovered high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) in ceramics, for which they were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987. Christine Horejs talks to Georg Bednorz about the successes and challenges of his research on HTS, applications of HTS materials and the key ingredients for scientific discoveries.
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Georg Bednorz. Nat Rev Mater 4, 292–293 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-019-0104-5
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