World’s smallest superconductor discovered

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You might think that the 32nm transistors buried inside your CPU are a wonder of the modern age, but they look like a veritable skyscraper compared to the world’s smallest superconductor.

Discovered by scientists headed by the University of Ohio, the superconductor works on a molecular scale, being formed of four pairs of molecules less than 1nm wide.

The team’s findings have just been published in a paper Nature Nanotechnology, and the researchers are hailing the discovery as a break-through for the future of nanoscale electronics.

Interconnects have previously proven to be a hurdle for nanoscale electronics, as standard metal conductors transfer heat as well as electricity, and the heat can easily cause the very thin metal to melt.

Source : http://www.thinq.co.uk .