Uranium Ditelluride: High-Temperature Superconductivity in Strong Magnetic Fields
An international team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids has synthesized uranium ditelluride single crystals and characterized their properties under high magnetic fields. These crystals exhibit robust bulk superconductivity and a high upper critical field of 47 tesla, even in the absence of strong spin-orbit coupling. These results shed light on the interplay between unconventional superconductivity and magnetism in uranium-based materials. The findings can open avenues for designing superconducting materials with improved properties for technological applications.