tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post4971592246880106453..comments2024-03-27T18:46:34.971-05:00Comments on nanoscale views: Hype. Again.Douglas Natelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-47022069822447776492011-04-05T14:23:53.162-05:002011-04-05T14:23:53.162-05:00I almost started crying I was so excited. And boy ...I almost started crying I was so excited. And boy was I pissed when I learned out the report was false.Alfonso Fanjulhttp://es-la.facebook.com/people/Alfonso-Fanjul-Villa/100000639461048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-60761322128931635032011-03-30T01:57:36.290-05:002011-03-30T01:57:36.290-05:00I was going to point out the same thing. That'...I was going to point out the same thing. That's a good week!Mychael Margotthttp://www.bmcassociates.com/articles/news_iw19980914.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-63821768092772906122007-06-01T09:14:00.000-05:002007-06-01T09:14:00.000-05:00orz...it's maybe the habits of some pressmen to ex...orz...it's maybe the habits of some pressmen to exaggerate the facts of scientific results in order to attract more attention on their reports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-31602788080560405152007-05-31T20:20:00.000-05:002007-05-31T20:20:00.000-05:00IP - I was going to point out the same thing. Tha...IP - I was going to point out the same thing. That's a good week! <BR/><BR/>Dave - Discovery of a room temperature superconductor would be a huge deal scientifically. For it to have the kind of technological impact needed to be compared fairly to the transistor, it would have to have several other properties: (1) high critical currents; (2) high critical fields; (3) sufficient ductility to be made into nice wires, cables, or ribbons; (4) reasonable chemical, pressure, and thermal stability; (5) "good" interfaces such that one can make nice tunnel junctions. I through that one in there for you, so we can do room temperature <A HREF="http://pavel.physics.sunysb.edu/RSFQ/Research/WhatIs/rsfqre2m.html" REL="nofollow">rapid single-flux quantum logic</A> and quantum computation. <BR/><BR/>Given all of those nice properties, "transformative" (to use the NSF buzzword du jour) technological impact would not be unreasonable. <BR/><BR/>Still, getting Tc > 300 K will probably entail a whole new family of superconducting compounds. Once one is found, everyone's hopes will get raised.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-10800976217847943352007-05-31T19:39:00.000-05:002007-05-31T19:39:00.000-05:00Louis Taillefer has two papers this week - one in ...Louis Taillefer has two papers this week - one in Science and one in Nature - not bad, huh?<BR/><BR/>Room-T superconductivity will be huge, but at this point I will settle for understanding of fundamental principles of non-conventional (high-Tc) superconductivity.NONEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10714684038171784902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13869903.post-74109720874460633702007-05-31T18:33:00.000-05:002007-05-31T18:33:00.000-05:00Okay, so ignoring the hype, do you think that the ...Okay, so ignoring the hype, do you think that the discovery of a room-temperature suprconductor would trigger a revolution similar to the invention of the transistor? <BR/><BR/>I once heard on the Paul Harvey radio show that a team had announced that room temperature superconductors had been demonstrated. I almost started crying I was so excited. And boy was I pissed when I learned out the report was false :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com