Unlike Y123 which forms only a stoichiometric compound, the light rare earth elements
(LREs: La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd) form a solid solution. The presence of such solid solution caused …

The paper contains a review of recent advancements in rotating machines with bulk high-
temperature superconductors (HTS). The high critical current density of bulk HTS enables us …

Bulk high-temperature superconductors (HTSs) enable the opportunity to develop several
unique applications in electrical power that are not feasible with superconducting or normal …

The potential of high temperature superconductors to generate large magnetic fields and to
carry current with low power dissipation at 77 K is particularly attractive for a variety of …

Current densities js and volume pinning forces F p are obtained in a wide temperature (5<~
T<~ 92 K) and field range (0<~ μ 0 H a<~ 9 T) on different NdBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ samples …

We report on a new type of correlated nanometer-scale pinning structure observed in a melt-
processed (N d 0.33 E u 0.38 G d 0.28) B a 2 C u 3 O y (NEG-123). It consists of NEG/B a …

I will summarize the current status of processing and applications of bulk high‐temperature
RE–Ba–Cu–O (RE: rare‐earth elements) superconductors. Recent advancement of …

Volume pinning forces are determined for a variety of bulk high-T c superconductors of the
123 type from magnetization measurements. By means of scaling of the pinning forces, the …

We have studied the superconducting properties of Nd (Ba1− x Nd x) 2Cu3O7− δ (Nd123,
x≊ 0.1) single crystals grown by the traveling‐solvent floating‐zone method under 0.1% O2 …

Large c-axis-oriented Sm-Ba-Cu-O bulk superconductors were prepared using the melt-
process technique in a reduced oxygen atmosphere. Single-domain samples up to 36 mm in …