‘Magic angle’ trilayer graphene found to act as rare “spin-triplet” superconductor

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have previously found that graphene can have exotic properties when situated at a ‘magic angle’. Now, a new study by some of the members of the same team shows that this material could also be a “spin-triplet” superconductor – one that isn’t affected by high magnetic fields – which potentially makes it even more useful.

“The value of this experiment is what it teaches us about fundamental superconductivity, about how materials can behave, so that with those lessons learned, we can try to design principles for other materials which would be easier to manufacture, that could perhaps give you better superconductivity,” says physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).