Nickel superconductor works above -233°C threshold at normal pressure

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Nickel superconductor works above -233°C threshold at normal pressure

A team of engineers and physicists at Southern University of Science and Technology, in China, has created a nickel-based material that behaves as a superconductor above the -233°C (40 K) threshold under ambient pressure. In their study published in Nature, the researchers synthesized thin films of bilayer nickelate (La₂.₈₅Pr₀.₁₅Ni₂O₇) and found one that behaved as a high-temperature superconductor.

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Sources in China report the creation of a new high-temperature superconductor made of nickel that can operate at temperatures exceeding -233°C without the need for high pressures. This success is the result of three years of work by a team of engineers and physicists from the Southern University of Science and Technology. As part of the study, the team synthesized thin films of two-layer nickelate (La?.??Pr?.??Ni?O?). An important aspect was the…