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AssigneeSavannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC
InventorsAaron L. Washington, II, Joseph A. Teprovich, Ragaiy Zidan
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Superconductive fullerenes, methods for enhancing characteristics of superconductive fullerenes and devices incorporating the fullerenes are disclosed. Enhancements can include increase in the critical transition temperature at a constant magnetic field; the existence of a superconducting hysteresis over a changing magnetic field; a decrease in the stabilizing magnetic field required for the onset of superconductivity; and/or an increase in the stability of superconductivity over a large magnetic field. The enhancements can be brought about by transmitting electromagnetic radiation to the superconductive fullerene such that the electromagnetic radiation impinges on the fullerene with an energy that is greater than the band gap of the fullerene.
A device comprising a superconductive fullerene and an electromagnetic energy source, the electromagnetic energy source being in photonic communication with the superconductive fullerene such that the electromagnetic energy emitted from the source is capable of impinging upon the superconductive fullerene with an energy that is greater than the band gap of the superconductive fullerene.
A device comprising a an intercalated superconductive fullerene and an electromagnetic energy source, the intercalated fullerene having the general structure of:
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