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High-Tc SQUIDs for Biomedical Applications: Immunoassays, Magnetoencephalography, and Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging pp 7–28Cite as

High-\(T_\mathrm{c}\) SQUIDs

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Superconductivity was discovered by Kamerlingh Onnes in 1911 after he succeeded in liquefying helium. Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that the electrical resistance of mercury vanished when it was cooled to below 4.2 K. The transition temperature of a superconductor is known as the critical temperature, \(T_c\), and is a material-specific property.

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Öisjöen, F. (2013). High-\(T_\mathrm{c}\) SQUIDs. In: High-Tc SQUIDs for Biomedical Applications: Immunoassays, Magnetoencephalography, and Ultra-Low Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31356-1_2

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