Nominator's project description
| New impulse for developing usable superconductors
Greenhouse gases, climate change and rising prices - the consequences of our use of energy are onerous. The idea that it might be possible to conduct electrical current without loss, to transform it and use it in engines - in a completely new way - sounds rather like a fairytale. Precisely this, however, i.e. the superconductivity of certain materials, has long since become reality. But only in the lab. Problems with the materials as well as the low temperatures required make it difficult to transform the new superconductors into usable electricity conductors. Thus, Jure Demsar is investigating novel so-called strongly-correlated high temperature superconductors. With the aid of ultrafast laser pulses he is observing in real time how electrons and other excitations behave and interact in this highly correlated superconducting state, and drawing inferences for optimising the material. The dream of loss-free conductors and other new electronic applications could move a step closer thanks to superconductivity research. |
