In this brief review, I consider a rather mundane property of MgB 2, namely its resistivity as a
function of temperature. It turns out that a comparison of resistivity data for a wide variety of …

This review focuses on the superconducting properties of MgB 2 that are relevant for power
applications. The reversible mixed state parameters are the most important, since they …

The newly discovered 39-K superconductor MgB2 holds great promise for superconducting
electronics. Like the conventional superconductor Nb, MgB2 is a phonon-mediated …

We report a significant enhancement of the upper critical field H c2 of different MgB 2
samples alloyed with nonmagnetic impurities. By studying films and bulk polycrystals with …

We investigated the effect of alloying on the upper critical field H c 2 for 12 Mg B 2 films, in
which disorder was introduced by growth, carbon do** or He-ion irradiation, finding a …

Understanding new superconductors requires high-quality epitaxial thin films to explore
intrinsic electromagnetic properties and evaluate device applications,,,,,,,,. So far …

Hybrid physical–chemical vapor deposition (HPCVD) has been the most effective technique
for depositing MgB2 thin films. It generates high magnesium vapor pressures and provides a …

Magnesium diboride, MgB2, which was discovered to be a superconductor with a transition
temperature c of 39 K in 2YY1 [1], shows a unique property of being a clear example of a …

We have used two polytypes of silicon carbide single crystals, 4H-SiC and 6H-SiC, as the
substrates for MgB 2 thin films grown by hybrid physical-chemical vapor deposition …

In this paper, we report the low-temperature synthesis of MgB2 particles with improved
ignition, high energy release, controlled particle size distribution, and minimum …