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An X-ray oxygen regulator

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X-ray illumination can be used to control the arrangement of oxygen atoms in cuprate superconductors, allowing the writing of regions of robust high-transition-temperature superconductivity.

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Figure 1: Scheme of the set-up used by Poccia et al. to write and monitor robust superconducting regions in a disordered matrix1.

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