Possible superconductivity in the brain

P Mikheenko - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 2019 - Springer
The unprecedented power of the brain suggests that it may process information quantum-
mechanically. Since quantum processing is already achieved in superconducting quantum …

Transport properties of ultrathin nanowires: A route to single-photon detection

R Arpaia, D Golubev, R Baghdadi, R Ciancio, G Dražić… - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We report on the growth and characterization of ultrathin YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) films on
MgO (110) substrates, which exhibit superconducting properties at thicknesses down to 3 …

Nanostructure studies of strongly correlated materials

J Wei, D Natelson - Nanoscale, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Strongly correlated materials exhibit an amazing variety of phenomena, including metal-
insulator transitions, colossal magnetoresistance, and high temperature superconductivity …

Long, highly-ordered high-temperature superconductor nanowire arrays

K Xu, JR Heath - Nano letters, 2008 - ACS Publications
The preparation and electrical properties of high-temperature superconductor nanowire
arrays are reported for the first time. YBa2Cu3O7− δ nanowires with widths as small as 10 …

Current dependence of the negative magnetoresistance in superconducting NbN nanowires

Z Sofer, A Shaulov, Y Yeshurun - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetoresistance measurements in amorphous NbN nanowires show that transport
current affects their negative magnetoresistance (nMR) in a manner qualitatively similar to …

High critical current density and scaling of phase-slip processes in YBaCuO nanowires

G Papari, F Carillo, D Stornaiuolo… - Superconductor …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
YBaCuO nanowires were reproducibly fabricated down to widths of 50 nm. A Au/Ti cap layer
on YBCO yielded high electrical performance up to temperatures above 80 K in single …

Dynamics of vortex matter in YBCO sub-micron bridges

G Papari, F Carillo, D Stornaiuolo, D Massarotti… - … and its Applications, 2014 - Elsevier
We have developed a fabrication process that allows us to realize pure YBCO nanowires
displaying robust superconductivity at widths w as low as 160 nm. We can modify the …

Experimental evidence for hotspot and phase-slip mechanisms of voltage switching in ultrathin nanowires

M Lyatti, MA Wolff, A Savenko, M Kruth, S Ferrari… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We have fabricated ultrathin YB a 2 C u 3 O 7–x nanowires with a high critical current
density and studied their voltage switching behavior in the 4.2–90 K temperature range. A …

Direct observation of the depairing current density in single-crystalline Ba0. 5K0. 5Fe2As2 microbridge with nanoscale thickness

J Li, J Yuan, YH Yuan, JY Ge, MY Li, HL Feng… - Applied Physics …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated the critical current density (J c) of Ba 0.5 K 0.5 Fe 2 As 2 single-crystalline
microbridges with thicknesses ranging from 276 to 18 nm. The J c of the microbridge with …

Tailoring phase slip events through magnetic do** in superconductor-ferromagnet composite films

A Bawa, R Jha, S Sahoo - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The interplay between superconductivity (SC) and ferromagnetism (FM) when embedded
together has attracted unprecedented research interest due to very rare coexistence of these …