The superinsulating capacity of titanium nitride occurs only at supercold temperatures, within one-tenth of one degree of absolute zero, the temperature at which all motion ceases. Superinsulation thus joins the ranks of other bizarre phases of matter that exist under extreme conditions, like superconductivity and Bose-Einstein Condensate (a condition in which, at almost absolute zero, large groups of atoms blur together into a single quantum state). Just as a superconducting material allows a current to pass through it without any resistance, a superinsulating material can hold a charge infinitely long without leakage.
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