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The search for new superconductors continued even after the discovery of the cuprate superconductors. We will briefly describe the most important developments. In 2001, Jun Akimitsu and colleagues from Tokyo reported the discovery of superconductivity in the compound magnesium diboride (MgB2) with the critical temperature TC = 39 K.
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Huebener, R.P. (2021). MgB2, Iron Pnictides. In: History and Theory of Superconductors. essentials(). Springer, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32380-6_10
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