Focus
100 years of superconductivity
- Focus issue:
- April 2011 Volume 10, No 4
One hundred years after its discovery by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, superconductivity is still one of the most fascinating and challenging topics in condensed-matter physics. We celebrate the anniversary with a number of editorial articles about some successful applications of superconductors and the obstacles that limit their wider use.
Editorial
The super century - p253
doi:10.1038/nmat3007
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Commentaries
To use or not to use cool superconductors? - pp255–259
Alex Gurevich
doi:10.1038/nmat2991
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Still alluring and hard to predict at 100 - pp259–261
Paul C. Canfield
doi:10.1038/nmat2990
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Interview
SQUIDs for everything - pp262–263
Interview with John Clarke
doi:10.1038/nmat2996
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