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This question is mainly geared toward @ZapperZ, since I know you have a good deal of expertise in superconductivity and in STS/STM. I saw this paper in my journal alerts early early last year:
http://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.237002
"Mapping the Electronic Structure of Each Ingredient Oxide Layer of High-##T_c## Cuprate Superconductor ##\mathrm{Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}}##"
...and thought it was fascinating (NB--I am a complete outsider to this field). But there seemed to be no mention of it in the APS physics highlights or anything comparable from other journals. It seems to me that one of the main barriers to understanding high-temperature superconductivity comes from detangling the interactions within the millefeuille structure of these compounds, and that this paper takes a big step in that direction. Am I misinterpreting this? Or are these results similar to what the community has been looking at for a while? Just wondering what the thoughts are of people who actually work in this field.
http://journals.aps.org/prl/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.237002
"Mapping the Electronic Structure of Each Ingredient Oxide Layer of High-##T_c## Cuprate Superconductor ##\mathrm{Bi_2Sr_2CaCu_2O_{8+\delta}}##"
...and thought it was fascinating (NB--I am a complete outsider to this field). But there seemed to be no mention of it in the APS physics highlights or anything comparable from other journals. It seems to me that one of the main barriers to understanding high-temperature superconductivity comes from detangling the interactions within the millefeuille structure of these compounds, and that this paper takes a big step in that direction. Am I misinterpreting this? Or are these results similar to what the community has been looking at for a while? Just wondering what the thoughts are of people who actually work in this field.
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