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Nature 410, 162-163 (8 March 2001) | doi:10.1038/35065781

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Condensed-matter physics: Superconducting plastic

Denis Jérome 1 & Klaus Bechgaard 2

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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?

There is a retraction (06 March 2003) associated with the Letter to Nature that is the subject of this article. Please click here to view.

  1. Denis Jérome is at the Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay, France. e-mail: Email: jerome@lps.u-psud.fr
  2. Klaus Bechgaard is at Risoe National Laboratory, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark. e-mail: Email: klaus.bechgaard@risoe.dk