Impact of high growth rates on the microstructure and vortex pinning of high-temperature superconducting coated conductors

T Puig, J Gutierrez, X Obradors - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract High-temperature superconducting REBa2Cu3O7 (RE= rare earth or yttrium)
coated conductors have emerged as a new class of materials with exceptional physical …

Vortices in high-performance high-temperature superconductors

WK Kwok, U Welp, A Glatz, AE Koshelev… - Reports on Progress …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The behavior of vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors (HTS) controls the entire
electromagnetic response of the material, including its current carrying capacity. Here, we …

Coated conductors for power applications: materials challenges

X Obradors, T Puig - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This manuscript reports on the recent progress and the remaining materials challenges in
the development of coated conductors (CCs) for power applications and magnets, with a …

Imaging of super-fast dynamics and flow instabilities of superconducting vortices

L Embon, Y Anahory, ŽL Jelić, EO Lachman… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Quantized magnetic vortices driven by electric current determine key electromagnetic
properties of superconductors. While the dynamic behavior of slow vortices has been …

Exploration of new superconductors and functional materials, and fabrication of superconducting tapes and wires of iron pnictides

H Hosono, K Tanabe… - … and Technology of …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This review shows the highlights of a 4-year-long research project supported by the
Japanese Government to explore new superconducting materials and relevant functional …

Progresses and challenges in the development of high-field solenoidal magnets based on RE123 coated conductors

C Senatore, M Alessandrini, A Lucarelli… - Superconductor …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent progresses in the second generation REBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x (RE123) coated conductor
(CC) have paved a way for the development of superconducting solenoids capable of …

Nanoscale strain-induced pair suppression as a vortex-pinning mechanism in high-temperature superconductors

A Llordes, A Palau, J Gázquez, M Coll, R Vlad… - Nature materials, 2012 - nature.com
Boosting large-scale superconductor applications require nanostructured conductors with
artificial pinning centres immobilizing quantized vortices at high temperature and magnetic …

Artificial pinning center technology to enhance vortex pinning in YBCO coatedconductors

K Matsumoto, P Mele - Superconductor Science and Technology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Crystalline defects on the nano-scale, which are called artificial pinning centers (APCs),
were successfully introduced into high-temperature superconductors (HTS) by …

Self‐assembled heteroepitaxial oxide nanocomposite thin film structures: designing interface‐induced functionality in electronic materials

JL MacManus‐Driscoll - Advanced Functional Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Achieving self‐assembling/self‐organizing systems is the holy grail of nanotechnology.
Spontaneous organization is not unique to the physical sciences since nature has been …

Ultra-high flux pinning properties ofBaMO3-dopedYBa2Cu3O7− x thinfilms (M= Zr, Sn)

P Mele, K Matsumoto, T Horide… - Superconductor …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
We studied the flux pinning properties of BaZrO 3-doped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x and BaSnO 3-
doped YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− x films. We found that BaSnO 3-doped films showed very high …