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Surprise graphene discovery could unlock secrets of superconductivity

Physicists make misaligned sheets of the carbon material conduct electricity without resistance.
  1. Elizabeth Gibney
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A sandwich of two graphene layers can conduct electrons without resistance if they are twisted at a ‘magic angle’, physicists have discovered. The finding could prove to be a significant step in the decades-long search for room-temperature superconductors.

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Nature 555, 151-152 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-02773-w

Read the related News & Views article: ‘Novel electronic states seen in graphene’.

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