Eric, This may not be directly relevant, but I just found this interesting book chapter and I do not want to start a new thread on superconductivity -
Novel Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes: Consistent with Ultrahigh Temperature Superconductivity http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b11989-11 -- Lou Pagnucco Eric Walker wrote: > These two articles are suggestive when read in conjunction with one > another: > > http://phys.org/news/2012-07-synchrotrons-superconductors-cold.html > "The team found the first experimental evidence that a so-called > 'charge-density-wave instability' competes with superconductivity." > > http://phys.org/news/2011-01-material-superconductor.html#nRlv > "This must mean that they [electrons] were essentially already synched in > the non-superconductor, but something was preventing them from sliding > around with zero resistance. The precisely tuned laser light removes the > frustration, unlocking the superconductivity." > > Eric >
