Scientists feel Jahn-Teller Metals could help them understand the physics behind high temperature superconductors.
Till now we have known 3 states of matter: Solid, Liquid and Gas.
Science Advances published these findings in their journal recently.
When a material conducts electricity without any resistance, it is a superconductor of electricity.
However, scientists have seen that superconductivity can be achieved only at relatively higher temperatures i.e.
The team introduced rubidium into carbon-60-molecules that was arranged in the form of hollow spheres known as fullerenes.
As per the report at Motherboard:
This is what the rubidium atoms do: apply pressure.
The molecules hang on to their old shapes.
Resource :Science Alert.
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