QuantumWire

Recently, researchers at UChicago Pritzker Molecular Engineering, supported by a $1.5 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, have discovered an entirely new method of fabricating superconductors. In this study, the team did not employ traditional chemical methods but instead utilized photonic crystal cavities to create superconductors. This approach sensitively controls superconductivity by changing the physical environment rather than the chemical environment, thus enabling the design of superconductors without changing their chemical composition. While this technology is still far from large-scale production, it is expected to create new, game-changing manufacturing methods.