The article Superconductivity at 23 K in Pt doped BaFe2As2 single crystals, by researchers at the UMD Physics, was selected as part of IoP Science's Highlights of 2010. Originally published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, the article was selected for receiving some of the highest praise from referees and for its high number of downloads.

This research is supported by Maryland's AFOSR-MURI grant, involving Richard Green, Johnpierre Paglione and Ichiro Takeuchi.