高温超导铜氧化物能在更高的温度下实现超导，但更重要的是它们拥有一种吸引人��特性：它们是由将电载流子掺入基质材料而形成的 — — 该材料是一种磁性绝缘体，也是研究者们最没想到可能实现常规超导体的地方。
Cuprates superconduct at much higher temperatures, but, more importantly, they possess some exotic properties: they are formed by doping electrical carriers into a host material that is a magnetic insulator – the last place one would look for a conventional superconductor.