davidvc@alf.sybase.com (David Van Couvering) (02/19/89)
I found an article while I was looking up information about superconductors entitled "Preliminary Studies of Magnetic Field Facilitation of Electric Conduction in Electrically Switched 'On' Dye Films that may be Room-Temperature Superconductors.", Physiol. Chem. Physics 14 (1982) by Freeman W. Cope, now deceased. I understood very little of this article, being neither a physicist _or_ a biologist, but the idea of organic, room-temperature superconductors was so fascinating that I got the article and attempted to read it. He described his experimental method and his findings, which appeared to show that organic dyes in thin films did indeed show the qualities of superconductors, including exteremely high conductivity and an ability to "trap magnetic flux," at room temperature. In particular, he noted that the biological dye melanin, or skin pigment, has these qualities when wet. Has anything happened with this? My assumption is that since I have heard nothing of it lately, this theory has been shown invalid. Is this true?. If someone knows something more about this, please email me. If enough people express interest, I'll post my findings to the net. Thanks, David --------------------------------------- David Van Couvering sun!sybase!davidvc@ucbvax.berkeley.edu Disclaimer: As always, only my opinions, not my company's.