Condensed Matter

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superconductivity
- announcements
  - Possible highT_c superconductivity in the Ba−La−Cu−O system. J. G. Bednorz and K. A. Müller. Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter. Vol. 64, No. 2 (June 1986): 189–193. doi:10.1007/BF01303701.
  - Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 to Bednorz & Müller "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials", Nobel Foundation
  - Bulk superconductivity at 36 K in La_1.8Sr_0.2CuO₄. R. J. Cava, R. B. van Dover, B. Batlogg, and E. A. Rietman. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 58, No. 4 (26 January 1987): 408–410. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.408.
  - Superconductivity at 93 K in a new mixed-phase Yb-Ba-Cu-O compound system at ambient pressure. M. K. Wu, J. R. Ashburn, C. J. Torng, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang, and C. W. Chu. Physical Review Letters. Vol. 58 No. 9: 908-910. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.908. This was the most cited scientific paper of 1987 and the 6th most cited of the 1980s despite containing an intentional typo.
  - Superconductivity above 130 K in the Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu-O system. A. Schilling, et al. Nature. Vol. 363 (6 May 1993): 56-58. doi:10.1038/363056a0.
  - Superconductivity up to 164 K in HgBa₂Ca_m-1Cu_mO_2m+2+δ under quasihydrostatic pressures. L. Gao, et al. Physical Review B. Vol. 50, No. 6 (1 August 1994): 4260-4263. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.50.4260.
  - Superconductivity at 39 K in Magnesium Diboride. Jun Nagamatsu, et al., Nature. Vol. 410 (1 March 2001): 63-64. doi:10.1038/35065039.
- commerce
  - American Magnetics
  - American Superconductor
  - Colorado Superconductor, Educational Superconductor Kits
- education
  - A Guide to Superconductivity, Dirk Reimer, Universität Hamburg
  - A Teacher's Guide to Superconductivity for High School Students, Robert W. Dull & H. Richard Kerchner, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
  - Introduction to Superconductors, Jerry Emanuelson, Colorado Futurescience
  - superconductors.org
- magnetic leviation
  - Magplane Technology, Inc.
  - Transrapid International, maglev train design and manufacture
- research
  - Applied Superconductivity Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison
  - International Superconductivity Technology Center
  - Maglev Systems Development Department, Railway Technical Research Institute
  - Texas Center for Superconductivity at the University of Houston (TCSUH)
- miscellaneous
  - Keeping it Cool, Kurt Riesselmann, FermiNews, 20 October 2000
  - Superconductivity, University of Arkansas (historical marker for Sheng & Hermann's record)
superfluidity
- Tisza, Laszlo. The λ-Transition Explained. Nature 141 (1938): 643-644 & 913.
- Allen, J.F. & H. Jones. The Fountain Effect. Nature 141 (1938): 243-244.
- Kapitza, Pyotr. Superfluidity Observed. Nature 141 (1938): 74 & 75.
video on demand
- Physics for the 21st Century
  - Emergent Behavior in Quantum Matter

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