Inorganic nanomaterials cover a wide range of applications in electronics, optics,
magnetism, catalysis, biomedical, and environmental issues. 1− 3 The properties of these …

Chemical solution deposition (CSD) is a very competitive technique to obtain epitaxial films
and multilayers of high quality with controlled nanostructures. Based on the strong …

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 …

Boosting large-scale superconductor applications require nanostructured conductors with
artificial pinning centres immobilizing quantized vortices at high temperature and magnetic …

Power applications of superconductors will be tremendously boosted if an effective method
for magnetic flux immobilization is discovered. Here, we report the most efficient vortex …

We present a new experimental technique to measure the delamination strength under
transverse tensile stress of YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ coated conductors for electric power …

In this work, we review recent progress achieved in the use of chemical solution deposition
(CSD) based on fluorinated metalorganic precursors to grow superconducting REBa 2 Cu 3 …

The modified Pechini method has become one of the most popular synthesis methods for
complex oxide materials due to its simplicity and versatility. The method can be applied to …

A methodology of general validity to study vortex pinning in YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7− δ (YBCO) is
described. It is based on measuring the angular-dependent critical current density in a large …

This paper utilizes the TFA-MOD (Trifluoroacetate Metal-Organic Decomposition) method to
prepare YB 2 C 3 O 7-δ (YBCO) superconducting films on a LaMnO 3 metal substrate. Using …