Comparative studies of irreversibility lines and critical current in heavy ion irradiated I S CaCuaOg+s bicrystals with [001] twist grain boundaries

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2026-2029

  Li, Qiang ^a   Tsay, Y N ^b   Suenaga, M ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRITICAL CURRENTS; GOLD; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HEAVY IONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; SINTERING; TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BICRYSTALS; COLUMNAR DEFECTS; FLOATING ZONE TECHNIQUE; IRREVERSIBILITY LINES; IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE; TWIST GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 0032659567     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784862     Document Type: Article

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