Flux pinning by Ba-site magnetic rare-earth ions in (rare-earth)1+uBa2-uCu3Ox compounds

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 70, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1891-1893

  Blackstead, Howard A ^a   Dow, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; IONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

FLUX PINNING; MAGNETIC RARE EARTH ION;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031557573     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.118722     Document Type: Article

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