10-31-2018, 12:30 AM
A friend of mine pointed me toward this last night.
https://www.iflscience.com/physics/warme...conductor/
Now, I'm thinking that there are plenty of cases where flexibility of the superconductor isn't needed, so why not build the diamond around the superconductor, and leave it permanently at this high pressure?
The superconductor can be in a massive, high-tension "flaw" inside the grown diamond lattice.
To me, this puts superconductor based computing, and some magnetics, within reach, today. Power transmission will have to wait for a flexible superconducting cable, however.
https://www.iflscience.com/physics/warme...conductor/
Now, I'm thinking that there are plenty of cases where flexibility of the superconductor isn't needed, so why not build the diamond around the superconductor, and leave it permanently at this high pressure?
The superconductor can be in a massive, high-tension "flaw" inside the grown diamond lattice.
To me, this puts superconductor based computing, and some magnetics, within reach, today. Power transmission will have to wait for a flexible superconducting cable, however.