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Conventional superconductors, such as niobium, may soon have competition from a recent upstart. A new technique for growing thin films of MgB2 removes one serious hurdle in the path to commercialization.

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Figure 1: A multilayer superconducting device.
Figure 2: A new method for growing thin films of MgB2.

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Rowell, J. Superior thin films. Nature Mater 1, 5–6 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat713

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