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| Highlight / 10 years of ST spectroscopy in high tc superconductors | ||
 A personal comment by Prof. Oystein Fischer about an article to appear in the Review of Modern Physics, compiling 10 years of ST spectroscopy in high tc superconductors.
The STM technique is quite young compared to others : only 25 years-old. At the beginning it was not obvious that this instrument would be useful for the investigation of superconductors. The breakthrough in the field of superconductors came with the first observation of vortices in NeSe2 by Hess and co-workers in 1989. The use of this technique in high Tc superconductors started in the mid-90s, a little over 10 years ago. |
The quest for an understanding of superconductivity in the cuprates has led to remarkable improvements in many measuring techniques and STM/STS is one of these techniques which have seen striking developments since the discovery of high Tc superconductivity. Our article summarizes these developments during the 10 years and shall hopefully constitute a base for further investigations. Many groups are presently developing low-temperature STMs and I believe that we shall see numerous improvements and new scientific results over the next 5-10 years to come. We wrote the article at the request of the Review of Modern Physics, an honour that is largely due to the |
excellent work my collaborators have carried out over these 10 years. The article was written with four outstanding ones who each in their way have been essential to the development of the group. It has been a pleasure to write this article with them. It took the team 2 years to gather the matter for the RMP paper and numerous reunions to discuss it. Though it’s been a huge task, we had a very pleasant time and a very dynamic interaction while writing. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of high-temperature superconductors To appear in the RMP ; 65 pages, 62 figures. [ PDF ] By Oystein Fischer, Martin Kugler, Ivan Maggio-Aprile, Christophe Berthod, and Christoph Renner. |
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| The latest THIOX news Here is the latest issue with information on the coming THIOX meetings and activities. [ download PDF ] Post doc opportunitues at Minatec There are currently 2 post doc open positions at the Laboratoire des Matériaux et du Génie Physique, UMR CNRS 5628, INPG-Minatec, in Grenoble (France). The positions are open starting January 2007, for an initial period of one year, which can be extended, in both cases, to one year more. [ full details in PDF ] |
More money for research in Switzerland The Swiss Federal Council plans for a budget increase of 4.5% for research and education, for the 2008-2001 period. This was judged unsufficient at the National Education and Research Summit last October ; influential public organizations and institutions will make it clear that significant investments must be made in the coming years in order to safeguard Switzerland's position as a leading research location. A resolution was signed and you can still support it by registrating on the website. [ support science resolution ] |
Top 10 of Predicted Superconductivity-Based Breakthroughs for 2007 Low-cost MRI machines, super-fast Internet routers, and high-capacity power lines top the list of likely breakthroughs in superconductivity in 2007, according to a forecast list released by a developer of superconducting microelectronics technology. [ full feature on yahoo.com ] Science for Christmas Be a good (grand)parent who works for the future of science : bring your kid(s) (from age 7) to the Espace des inventions during the Christmas break ! [ all infos here ] |
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