In an attempt to explain high temperature superconductivity the chiral spin state was introduced.
Developments in quantum spin liquids may also help in the understanding of high temperature superconductivity.
Such studies have had a profound impact in application fields such as colossal magneto resistance and high temperature superconductivity.
So, for example, high temperature superconductivity, though completely unexpected, was quickly replicated and extended in labs throughout the world.
Under some conditions, such as extremely low temperature, some ceramics exhibit high temperature superconductivity.
The current theory of low temperature superconductivity was only worked out in 1957, thirty years after the establishing of modern quantum mechanics.
This has led to a suggestion that bipolarons could be a possible mechanism for high temperature superconductivity.
The theory of low temperature superconductivity has been well understood since the BCS theory was put forward in 1957.
However, the BCS theory does not explain high temperature superconductivity, and its precise mechanism is still a mystery.
In 1964, William A. Little proposed the possibility of high temperature superconductivity in organic polymers.