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  • LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery

    Aug 18, 2023 3:00 pm by NatureIllinois in the News
    Pure crystals of LK-99, synthesized by a team at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany.Credit: Pascal Puphal

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    • Pure crystals of LK-99, synthesized by a team at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart, Germany.Credit: Pascal Puphal

    Nature (Aug. 16) Researchers were 'very precise about (the temperature at which LK-99 showed a tenfold drop in resistivity): 104.8 C,' says Prashant Jain, a professor of chemistry at Illinois. 'I was like, wait a minute, I know this temperature.'