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Strange metals and our own personal ‘oxidation fields’

2025/5/22
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Zach Savitsky: 我在本期节目中主要介绍了奇怪金属这种特殊的物质状态。首先，我解释了正常金属中电子的导电机制，电子在晶格中移动，碰撞产生电阻，导致能量损耗。然后，我阐述了奇怪金属的独特性质，即在特定温度下，其电阻异常高，电子的行为不再符合传统金属的理论框架。我强调了奇怪金属与超导性的紧密联系，超导性是指某些材料在极低温度下电阻消失的现象。我提到，物理学家们希望在室温条件下实现超导，而研究奇怪金属可能为理解高温超导提供线索。此外，我还介绍了目前物理学家们研究奇怪金属的一些实验方法，例如散粒噪声实验和散射实验，以及理论家们对奇怪金属中电子行为的一些假设，例如“量子汤”的概念和电子纠缠的重要性。最后，我总结了奇怪金属研究对未来超导材料发展的潜在影响。 Sarah Crespi: 我在节目中主要与Zach讨论了奇怪金属和超导性的相关概念。首先，我通过提问引导Zach解释了什么是奇怪金属，以及它与传统金属的不同之处。我强调了超导性在能源传输和交通运输方面的潜在应用，并询问了目前超导技术面临的挑战。然后，我引导Zach解释了奇怪金属与超导性之间的联系，以及研究奇怪金属对实现室温超导的重要性。此外，我还询问了目前物理学家们研究奇怪金属的一些实验方法和理论假设，例如散粒噪声实验、散射实验和“量子汤”的概念。最后，我总结了奇怪金属研究对未来超导材料发展的潜在影响。

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Strange metals are materials that defy the conventional understanding of how metals and electricity work. Their resistance is unusually high, even at low temperatures, and they are closely linked to superconductivity. Understanding strange metals is crucial for developing room-temperature superconductors.
  • Strange metals exhibit high resistance, even at low temperatures.
  • Their behavior challenges the conventional model of electricity.
  • They are intimately connected to superconductivity.
  • Understanding them is key to achieving room-temperature superconductors.

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First up on the podcast, freelance journalist Zack Savitsky) joins host Sarah Crespi to talk about the strange metal state). Physicists are probing the behavior of electrons in these materials, which appear to behave like a thick soup rather than discrete charged particles. Many suspect insights into strange metals might lead to the creation of room-temperature superconductors, highly desired materials that promise lossless energy delivery and floating trains.

A few years ago, researcher Nora Zannoni came on the show to talk about our oxidation fields: zones of highly reactive radicals our bodies naturally produce that surround us and interact with nearby chemicals. Now she’s back to discuss how our personal oxidation fields interact with personal care products)—such as hand lotion, for example—and the resulting effects those products can end up having on the air we breathe indoors.

Zannoni is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of Italy’s National Research Council. The work for the paper was done when she was a postdoc scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry.

This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy).

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Authors: Sarah Crespi; Zack Savitsky

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