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NSF News, January 25, 2008
Emergent reduction of electronic state dimensionality in dense ordered Li-Be alloys
Nature 451, 445-448 (2008)
Even though the lightest known metals in the universe, lithium (Li) and
beryllium (Be), do not bind to one another under normal atmospheric or
ambient pressure, an interdisciplinary team of Cornell scientists
predicts in the Jan. 24 issue of Nature that Li and Be will
bond under higher levels of pressure and form stable Li-Be alloys that
may be capable of superconductivity. Superconductivity is the flow of
electricity with zero resistance. (more)
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