Researchers from Harvard, MIT, and Raytheon-BBN Technologies have revealed unique superconducting properties in twisted stacks of graphene, a single-layer carbon material. This discovery builds on past research showing that a modest twist between graphene layers can significantly alter their electronic properties. Unlike conventional superconductors such as aluminum, these twisted graphene structures exhibit distinct behaviors of electron synchronization, hinting at powerful applications in lossless power transmission, levitating trains, quantum computing, and detectors for space exploration. Published in Nature, this research marks a significant advancement in superconductor science.
"This seminal work showed that a small twist between two layers of graphene can create drastically different properties than just a single layer, leading to superconducting behavior."
"The researchers' most striking finding is that the superconducting behavior of electrons in twisted stacks of graphene differs from conventional superconductors such as aluminum."
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