Superconductor Pb${}_{10-x}$Cu${}_x$(PO${}_4$)${}_6$O showing levitation at room temperature and atmospheric pressure and mechanism

Sukbae Lee, Jihoon Kim, Hyun-Tak Kim +3

A material called LK-99, a modified-lead apatite crystal structure with the composition Pb${}_{10-x}$Cu${}_x$(PO${}_4$)${}_6$O ($0.9<x<1.1$), has been synthesized using the solid-state met…