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High-temperature superconductivity

A conventional conundrum

High-temperature superconductivity in ultrathin films of iron selenide deposited on strontium titanate has been attributed to various exotic mechanisms. New experiments indicate that it may be conventional, with broader implications.

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Figure 1: The (bizarre) current road map to room-temperature superconductivity (RTS).

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Božović, I. A conventional conundrum. Nature Phys 12, 22–24 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3626

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