Controlling defect placement enables higher operating temperature and improves stability, boosting superconductivity

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1092320

"superconductivity development in materials with defects: isolated regions appear where superconductivity begins to emerge, then as temperature drops these regions connect allowing current flow throughout entire sample... when disorder coordinated rather than chaotic, superconductivity emerges simultaneously throughout entire system... aid in thin superconducting film development... controlling defect placement in advance at microscopic level enables operation at much higher temperatures, potentially room temperature"