Not exact matches
They are used in a wider range of consumer goods than any other group of elements due to their
unusual electronic, optical and
magnetic properties.
But however good their technology, they have to contend with an
unusual property of superconductors — when the wires sweep through a
magnetic field, their ability to generate current is reduced.
So Beck and colleagues trained magnetometers on the earthen mound, which revealed a startling contrast between the
magnetic properties of the soil and
unusual structural frames beneath it.
This behavior stems from an
unusual feature of certain complex oxides called phase separation, in which tiny regions in the material exhibit vastly different electronic and
magnetic properties.