In 1994, an unconventional form of superconductivity was detected in strontium ruthenate. The discovery has shed light on the mechanism of unconventional superconductivity at high temperatures. "The great tragedy of Science [is] the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an [experimental] fact." - T.H. Huxley, Biogenesis and abiogenesis, (1884)
Cite
@article{arxiv.2006.06916,
title = {Superconductivity mystery turns 25},
author = {N. P. Armitage},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2006.06916},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
3 pages, 1 figure; In Retrospect - News and View; Historical commentary on the discovery of superconductivity in Sr2RuO4