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Breakthrough Superconductor PtBi2 Paves Way for Quantum Advances

11/20/2025

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Researchers at IFW Dresden and ct.qmat announced November 19, 2025 the discovery of PtBi2, a superconducting material with six-fold symmetry in electron pairing and natural production of Majorana particles.
The superconducting state of PtBi2 permits control of Majorana particles by various methods, enabling advances in quantum technology.
The team plans to further investigate manipulating these Majorana states to improve quantum device performance.
The findings were published in the journal Nature.

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Researchers at IFW Dresden and ct.qmat announced November 19, 2025 the discovery of PtBi2, a superconducting material with six-fold symmetry in electron pairing and natural production of Majorana particles.
The superconducting state of PtBi2 permits control of Majorana particles by various methods, enabling advances in quantum technology.
The team plans to further investigate manipulating these Majorana states to improve quantum device performance.
The findings were published in the journal Nature.