Technology update
Mar 21, 2007
Nanotubes enhance superconductor
Physicists in Argentina and the US have improved the superconducting properties of magnesium diboride by chemically doping it with double-walled carbon nanotubes. Adriana Serquis of the Centro Atomico Bariloche-Instituto Balseiro and co-workers at the Los Alamos National Lab showed that the doping can significantly enhance magnesium diboride's upper critical field and its critical current density – two parameters that are essential for using the material in practical applications.
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