Mesoporous Superconductors: Superconducting Quantum Metamaterials from Convergence of Soft and Hard Condensed Matter Science (Adv. Mater. 26/2021). Issue 26 (1st July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beaucage, Peter A.; van Dover, R. Bruce; DiSalvo, Francis J.; Gruner, Sol M.; Wiesner, Ulrich
• Is Part Of: Advanced materials. Volume 33:Issue 26(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-07-01
• Subjects: block copolymers -- mesostructured materials -- quantum metamaterials -- self‐assembly -- superconductors; Materials -- Periodicals; Chemical vapor deposition -- Periodicals; 620.11
• DOI: 10.1002/adma.202170203
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0935-9648

Abstract

Abstract : In article number 2006975, mesoporous superconductors are prepared by Ulrich Wiesner and co‐workers via solution‐based block‐copolymer self‐assembly leading to high‐quality quantum metamaterials. The full promise of this soft‐materials approach is realized by producing superconductors with four different mesoscale morphologies. In these materials, the superconducting transition temperatures show variations with mesoscale structure despite nearly identical atomic crystal lattices. The materials exhibit atypical flux avalanches, characteristic of granular materials.