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YBCO Superconductor

The 1987 liquid-nitrogen superconductor YBa₂Cu₃O₇ as a materials-science story: the orthorhombic crystal structure, a resistivity-versus-temperature plot, literature links, and a Channels animation that ties the structure's symmetry directly to the physics.

YBCO Superconductor loaded in GlyphViz

Try it: download this example below (or the full examples set), then open YBCO_Superconductor_Example/ybco_gv_node.csv — or just drag its folder onto the GlyphViz window. Press Space to start the animation.

Download this example (320 KB)


A full write-up of this example is coming soon.