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A dash of salt is superconducting

In an experimental tour de force involving ultrahigh vacuum and low-temperature scanning probe techniques, researchers have created organic nanostructures that show evidence of unconventional superconductivity.

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Figure 1: The different faces of (BETS)2–GaCl4.

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Brooks, J. A dash of salt is superconducting. Nature Nanotech 5, 244–245 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.63

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