Mildred Dresselhaus

Superconductivity helped broaden my professional phase space. When I started my work, it was already known that magnetic fields could quench superconductivity. I found that the transition was not continuous, that superconductivity was initially enhanced in the presence of magnetic fields, then it would suddenly fall off.

American Scientist

Heinrich Rohrer

In all the years with IBM Research, I have especially appreciated the freedom to pursue the activities I found interesting and greatly enjoyed the stimulus, collegial cooperation, frankness, and intellectual generosity of two scientific communities, namely in superconductivity and critical phenomena.

Swiss Physicist

Martin Fleischmann

It doesn't matter whether you can or cannot achieve high temperature superconductivity or fuel cells, they will always be on the list because if you could achieve them they would be extremely valuable.

English Scientist

David Lee

Modern low temperature physics began with the liquefaction of helium by Kamerlingh Onnes and the discovery of superconductivity at the University of Leiden in the early part of the 20th century.

American Physicist

Superconductivity is specific to physics, especially when discussing electrical properties of materials.

Scientific Context

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Zero Resistance

Superconductivity is a technical term used in advanced English conversations, not in everyday language.

Advanced Vocabulary

 Superconductivity is a quantum state of matter, and it occurs only below a certain critical temperature. Now, it's quite an old phenomenon; it was discovered 100 years ago. However, only recently, due to several technological advancements,