Superinsulator (IMAGE)

DOE/Argonne National Laboratory

Superinsulator

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This image shows a 3D superinsulator, in which vortex condensate (green lines) squeezes the electric field lines connecting charge-anticharge pairs (red and blue balls) into the electric strings (orange strips). These strings tightly bind these charge-anticharge pairs, completely immobilizing them, so electric current cannot be produced.

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Argonne National Laboratory

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